Annual Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Rulings 2025 (Part 27 - Final Part)
This article summarises all CESTAT orders published in the Taxscan.in. Customs Cannot Withhold Provisional Release of Used Highly Specialised...
![Large Group of Tax & Customs Officers Win Relief on Discriminatory Pay Scales: CAT Grants Notional Salary Revision from 1996 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/05/250x150_2110322-cat-customs-officer-taxscan.webp "Large Group of Tax & Customs Officers Win Relief on Discriminatory Pay Scales: CAT Grants Notional Salary Revision from 1996 [Read Order]")
![Gold Biscuit Smuggle Worth Rs. 31 Lakh: CESTAT Reduces Penalty Treating Assessee as Mere Carrier [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/250x150_2055184-gold-biscuit-smuggle-taxscan.webp "Gold Biscuit Smuggle Worth Rs. 31 Lakh: CESTAT Reduces Penalty Treating Assessee as Mere Carrier [Read Order]")
‘Comedy of Errors’: Delhi HC Slams CESTAT for Issuing Contradictory Orders in Appeal Barred by Monetary Limits [Read Order]
In a recent decision, the Delhi High Court criticized the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) for passing several contradictory calling it “comedy of errors” and pointed out...
![‘Comedy of Errors’: Delhi HC Slams CESTAT for Issuing Contradictory Orders in Appeal Barred by Monetary Limits [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Monetary-Limits.jpg "‘Comedy of Errors’: Delhi HC Slams CESTAT for Issuing Contradictory Orders in Appeal Barred by Monetary Limits [Read Order]")
Coimbatore Customs and DRI Seizes 789g of Gold Concealed within Rechargeable Lamps and Emergency Light Batteries
The officers from the Air Intelligence Unit ( AIU ), Coimbatore Customs, and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence ( DRI ) in Coimbatore intercepted a male passenger who had arrived from Mumbai on...
No Import Restrictions on Desktop Computers, Unlike Laptops and Tablets; says DGFT Circular issued to Customs Officers [Read Circular]
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade ( DGFT ) has stated explicitly that there are no limitations on the import of Desktop Computers under Tariff head 8471, in contrast to laptops, tablets,...
Customs Officers Have no Power to Sell Seized Gold without Following Provision U/s 110 of Customs Act: Bombay HC [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court has held that Customs Officers have no power to sell seized gold without following provisions under section 110 of the Customs Act, 1962. On 14 January 2018, they arrived at...
Customs Assistant Commissioner in Selling seized Gold Jewellery of Assessee without reasons is Illegal: Bombay HC [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court observed that the customs assistant commissioner in selling seized gold jewellery of assessee without reasons is illegal. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution...
Union FM urges Customs Officers to Utilize Technology and International Cooperation to Tackle Illicit Trade
The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the first 3-day-long Global Conference on Cooperation in Enforcement Matters (GCCEM) in New Delhi on October 30th 2023. The Minister has...
Failure to Provisionally release Vehicle kept in Police Station premise u/s 110A of Customs Act: Kerala HC directs Customs Officers to release Vehicle [Read Order]
The Kerala High Court directed the Customs Officers to release vehicle on failure to provisionally release vehicle kept in police station premise under Section 110A of the Customs Act, 1962. The...
![Failure to Provisionally release Vehicle kept in Police Station premise u/s 110A of Customs Act: Kerala HC directs Customs Officers to release Vehicle [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Failure-Provisionally-release-Vehicle-Failure-to-Provisionally-release-Vehicle-Failure-to-Provisionally-release-Vehicle-kept-in-Police-Station-Customs-Act-Kerala-HC-taxscan.jpg "Failure to Provisionally release Vehicle kept in Police Station premise u/s 110A of Customs Act: Kerala HC directs Customs Officers to release Vehicle [Read Order]")