![Income from Freight Trading, Discounts, and Reimbursements Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/28/500x300_2091897-income-from-freight-trading-discounts-reimbursements-taxable-service-cestat-taxscan.webp "Income from Freight Trading, Discounts, and Reimbursements Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Income from Freight Trading, Discounts, and Reimbursements Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs,Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that income earned from freight trading, trade...
![Absence of Foreign Markings and Purity Below Standard: CESTAT Quashes Penalties in Alleged Gold Smuggling Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/19/250x150_2088792-absence-foreign-markings-purity-standard-cestat-quashes-penalties-alleged-gold-smuggling-case-taxscan.webp "Absence of Foreign Markings and Purity Below Standard: CESTAT Quashes Penalties in Alleged Gold Smuggling Case [Read Order]")
![Electricity Charges Recovered by Builders on Actuals as Pure Agent Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/19/250x150_2088785-electricity-charges-recovered-builders-actuals-pure-agent-taxable-service-cestat-taxscan.webp "Electricity Charges Recovered by Builders on Actuals as Pure Agent Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Maintenance Deposits Collected by Builders for Sinking and Development Funds Are Not Taxable as Services: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/19/250x150_2088773-maintenance-deposits-collected-builders-sinking-and-development-funds-taxable-services-cestat-taxscan.webp "Maintenance Deposits Collected by Builders for Sinking and Development Funds Are Not Taxable as Services: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Failure to Endorse ‘No CENVAT Credit Admissible’ on Commercial Invoices Is Only a Procedural Lapse: CESTAT Grants SAD Refund [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/16/250x150_2087934-no-cenvat-credit-admissible-commercial-invoices-procedural-lapse-cestat-grants-sad-refund-taxscan.webp "Failure to Endorse ‘No CENVAT Credit Admissible’ on Commercial Invoices Is Only a Procedural Lapse: CESTAT Grants SAD Refund [Read Order]")
MRP Labelling Not Mandatory for Industrial Use or Packages Above 25 Kg/Litre: CESTAT in BEML Case [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that mandatory MRP labelling does not apply to packages meant for industrial use or those weighing more than...
![MRP Labelling Not Mandatory for Industrial Use or Packages Above 25 Kg/Litre: CESTAT in BEML Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/07/500x300_2074152-mrp-labelling-mandatory-industrial-cestat-beml-case-taxscan.webp "MRP Labelling Not Mandatory for Industrial Use or Packages Above 25 Kg/Litre: CESTAT in BEML Case [Read Order]")
Relief for SAIL: CESTAT Grants Exemption on Captive Use of Steel Items for Internal Roads and Maintenance Activities
The Kolkata Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) granted relief to Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) by allowing exemption on captive use of steel items such as...
![Debonding Application of Dr Reddy’s Lab Upheld by HC : Supreme Court Dismisses SLP [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/05/500x300_2073368-debonding-application-dr-reddys-lab-upheld-hc-supreme-court-slp-taxscan.webp "Debonding Application of Dr Reddy’s Lab Upheld by HC : Supreme Court Dismisses SLP [Read Judgement]")
Relief for Malayala Manorama: CESTAT Allows Classification of Imported Paper in Reels as "Newsprint" Due to Non-ISO Testing [Read Order]
The Bangalore Bench of Customs, Excise andService Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) allowed relief to Malayala Manorama Company Limited by classifying imported paper in reels as “newsprint” under ...
![Relief for Malayala Manorama: CESTAT Allows Classification of Imported Paper in Reels as Newsprint Due to Non-ISO Testing [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/29/500x300_2070429-malayala-manorama.webp "Relief for Malayala Manorama: CESTAT Allows Classification of Imported Paper in Reels as Newsprint Due to Non-ISO Testing [Read Order]")
Gauhati HC Condones 265-Day Delay in GST Appeal: Cites Procedural Delay by Govt Justified [Read Order]
The Gauhati High Court has condoned a 265-day delay in filing an appeal by the Principal Commissioner of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) and Central Excise, Dibrugarh, against a CESTAT ruling...
![Gauhati HC Condones 265-Day Delay in GST Appeal: Cites Procedural Delay by Govt Justified [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/29/500x300_2070271-gauhati-hc-condones-delay-gst-appeal-cites-procedural-delay-govt-justified-taxscan.webp "Gauhati HC Condones 265-Day Delay in GST Appeal: Cites Procedural Delay by Govt Justified [Read Order]")
Suppression cannot be alleged by Dept when Service Tax on GTA Service not paid on Bonafide belief: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise AndService Tax Appellate Tribunal Chandigarh bench held that suppression cannot be alleged by department when Service Tax on GTA Service is not paid on bonafide belief. The...
![Suppression cannot be alleged by Dept when Service Tax on GTA Service not paid on Bonafide belief: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/27/500x300_2069690-gta-service-taxscan.webp "Suppression cannot be alleged by Dept when Service Tax on GTA Service not paid on Bonafide belief: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT WEEKLY ROUND-UP [July 21 to July 26, 2025]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/26/500x300_2069523-cestat-weekly-round-up-taxscan.webp "CESTAT WEEKLY ROUND-UP [July 21 to July 26, 2025]")