![CESTAT Rules Electronic Data Without S. 36B Certification and Statements Without S. 9D Compliance Cannot Be Used for Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/24/500x300_2068670-cestat-rules-electronic-data-certification-and-statements-compliance-used-excise-duty-demand-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules Electronic Data Without S. 36B Certification and Statements Without S. 9D Compliance Cannot Be Used for Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]")
CESTAT Rules Electronic Data Without S. 36B Certification and Statements Without S. 9D Compliance Cannot Be Used for Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that electronic data without certification...
![CESTAT dismisses Mittal Corp’s appeal despite CIRP Proceedings, upholds Excise Duty and Penalty for Clandestine Removal of Goods [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/22/250x150_2067550-cestat-dismisses-mittal-corps-appeal-cestat-mittal-corps-limited-taxscan.webp "CESTAT dismisses Mittal Corp’s appeal despite CIRP Proceedings, upholds Excise Duty and Penalty for Clandestine Removal of Goods [Read Order]")
![Bagasse is Not A Manufactured Final Product: CESTAT Quashes Central Excise Duty Demand Under Rule 6 of CCR [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/11/250x150_2062880-bagasse-manufactured-final-product-cestat-central-excise-duty-demand-ccr-taxscan.webp "Bagasse is Not A Manufactured Final Product: CESTAT Quashes Central Excise Duty Demand Under Rule 6 of CCR [Read Order]")
![CESTAT sets aside Excise Duty Demand based on Private Diaries and Loose Sheets [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/250x150_2055082-private-diaries-and-loose-sheets.webp "CESTAT sets aside Excise Duty Demand based on Private Diaries and Loose Sheets [Read Order]")
![Packing/repacking of parts of a device is not manufacturing u/s 2(f)(iii) of Central Excise Act: CESTAT sets aside Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/24/250x150_2054007-excise-duty-demand-cestat-taxscan.webp "Packing/repacking of parts of a device is not manufacturing u/s 2(f)(iii) of Central Excise Act: CESTAT sets aside Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]")
CESTAT quashes Excise Duty Demand, Rules Job Work Valuation Must Exclude Principal’s Consumption [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai Bench, has set aside excise duty demands against Smith Enterprises, ruling that valuation for goods manufactured on a job work...
![CESTAT quashes Excise Duty Demand, Rules Job Work Valuation Must Exclude Principal’s Consumption [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-CESTAT-Quashes-Excise-Duty-Demand-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT quashes Excise Duty Demand, Rules Job Work Valuation Must Exclude Principal’s Consumption [Read Order]")
Branded Pan Masala and Gutkha Cleared Without Paying Excise Duty: CESTAT upholds Evasion Charges [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) upheld excise duty evasion charges, citing clandestine manufacture and clearance of Pan Masala and...
![Branded Pan Masala and Gutkha Cleared Without Paying Excise Duty: CESTAT upholds Evasion Charges [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-New-Delhi-CESTAT-Upholds-Excise-Duty-taxscan.jpg "Branded Pan Masala and Gutkha Cleared Without Paying Excise Duty: CESTAT upholds Evasion Charges [Read Order]")
Excise Duty Demand based Solely on Input-Output Norms without Clandestine Activity Evidence: CESTAT quashes Demand [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside an excise duty demand raised solely on input-output norms without any evidence to support allegations...
![Excise Duty Demand based Solely on Input-Output Norms without Clandestine Activity Evidence: CESTAT quashes Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Input-Output-Norms.jpg "Excise Duty Demand based Solely on Input-Output Norms without Clandestine Activity Evidence: CESTAT quashes Demand [Read Order]")
Dispute Amount Paid as Excise Duty Under Protest After Clearance of Goods is Not Covered by Unjust Enrichment: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that the contested amount paid as excise duty under protest is not covered by unjust enrichment because it...
![Dispute Amount Paid as Excise Duty Under Protest After Clearance of Goods is Not Covered by Unjust Enrichment: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Clearance-of-Goods-site-img.jpg "Dispute Amount Paid as Excise Duty Under Protest After Clearance of Goods is Not Covered by Unjust Enrichment: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Sales to Distributor Managed by Family Members Constitute Related Party Transaction: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) ruled that sales to a distributor managed by family members constituted a related party transaction and upheld...
![Sales to Distributor Managed by Family Members Constitute Related Party Transaction: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CESTAT-Family-Members-Constitute-Party-Transaction-taxscan.jpg "Sales to Distributor Managed by Family Members Constitute Related Party Transaction: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Extended Period of Limitation for Excise Duty Recovery: CESTAT Confirms Demand Within Normal Limitation Period [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT) confirmed demand within the normal limitation period in a matter concerning the extended period of limitation for excise duty recovery....
![Extended Period of Limitation for Excise Duty Recovery: CESTAT Confirms Demand Within Normal Limitation Period [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/exiseduty.jpg "Extended Period of Limitation for Excise Duty Recovery: CESTAT Confirms Demand Within Normal Limitation Period [Read Order]")