![Service Tax Not Leviable on Employee Call free Allowance: CESTAT allows Bharti Airtels Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/13/500x300_2096071-bharti-airtel-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Not Leviable on Employee Call free Allowance: CESTAT allows Bharti Airtels Appeal [Read Order]")
Service Tax Not Leviable on Employee Call free Allowance: CESTAT allows Bharti Airtel's Appeal [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed Bharti Airtel's appeal, holding that the Call Free...
![Service Tax Not Payable When Materials Supplied Free By Client: CESTAT allows 60% of Abatement [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/13/250x150_2096063-sevice-tax-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Not Payable When Materials Supplied Free By Client: CESTAT allows 60% of Abatement [Read Order]")
![Extended Period of Limitation for Service Tax Not Invocable in Lack of Suppression of Facts: CESTAT Sets Aside Demand under Finance Act, 1994 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/11/250x150_2095591-cestat-cestat-chandigarh-non-imposition-of-penalty-penalty-excise-customs-taxscan.webp "Extended Period of Limitation for Service Tax Not Invocable in Lack of Suppression of Facts: CESTAT Sets Aside Demand under Finance Act, 1994 [Read Order]")
![CESTAT clarifies Service Tax Demand on Transportation Income, classifies Tirupur Container Terminals’ Services under Cargo Handling [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/08/250x150_2094722-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "CESTAT clarifies Service Tax Demand on Transportation Income, classifies Tirupur Container Terminals’ Services under Cargo Handling [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Demand Based Solely on ITR and Form 26AS Without Independent Verification Unsustainable: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/250x150_2093021-show-cause-notice-cestat-quashes-demand-cestat-quashes-demand-cestat-cestat-chennai-cestat-news-excise-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Based Solely on ITR and Form 26AS Without Independent Verification Unsustainable: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]")
No Service Tax Applicable on “Cleaning Service” Provided to Railway Prior to 01.07.2012: CESTAT sets aside Demand [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Kolkata has held that cleaning and sanitation services provided to the Indian Railways prior to 1st July 2012 do not fall within...
![No Service Tax Applicable on “Cleaning Service” Provided to Railway Prior to 01.07.2012: CESTAT sets aside Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092535-activities-of-management-service-housekeeping-falls-cleaning-service-manpower-supply-services-cestat-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax Applicable on “Cleaning Service” Provided to Railway Prior to 01.07.2012: CESTAT sets aside Demand [Read Order]")
Service Tax Paid by Mistake on Residential Construction Treated as Revenue Deposit: CESTAT Orders 12% Interest on Refund [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, held that where service tax was deposited by mistake on exempt construction services, the amount was in the nature...
![Service Tax Paid by Mistake on Residential Construction Treated as Revenue Deposit: CESTAT Orders 12% Interest on Refund [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092382-cestat-refund-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Paid by Mistake on Residential Construction Treated as Revenue Deposit: CESTAT Orders 12% Interest on Refund [Read Order]")
Sub-contractor Not Liable for Service Tax When Principal Contractor Has Already Paid on the Entire Contract Value: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a sub-contractor is not liable to pay service tax when the principal contractor has already...
![Sub-contractor Not Liable for Service Tax When Principal Contractor Has Already Paid on the Entire Contract Value: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/27/500x300_2091502-demand-service-tax-scn-cestat-taxscan.webp "Sub-contractor Not Liable for Service Tax When Principal Contractor Has Already Paid on the Entire Contract Value: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Challenge on Service Tax Demand on ‘Mandap Keeper Services’: Supreme Court Stays Chhattisgarh HC Remand Order [Read Order]
The Supreme Court of India, stayed the Chhattisgarh High Court’s remand order in a case challenging a service tax demand on alleged ‘Mandap Keeper Services’. Saubhagya Tilak Hotels Pvt.Ltd,...
![Challenge on Service Tax Demand on ‘Mandap Keeper Services’: Supreme Court Stays Chhattisgarh HC Remand Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/26/500x300_2091189-servicetax-demand-taxscan.webp "Challenge on Service Tax Demand on ‘Mandap Keeper Services’: Supreme Court Stays Chhattisgarh HC Remand Order [Read Order]")
Free Accommodation and Reimbursements to CISF Personnel Not Taxable as Consideration for Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that free accommodation and other reimbursements provided by Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) to CISF ...
![Free Accommodation and Reimbursements to CISF Personnel Not Taxable as Consideration for Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/25/500x300_2090911-whatsapp-image-2025-09-25-at-1237043e051503.webp "Free Accommodation and Reimbursements to CISF Personnel Not Taxable as Consideration for Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Setback for Pondicherry Engineering College: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax on Technical Testing & Analysis Services, Penalty Waived [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that Pondicherry Engineering College is liable to pay service tax on “Technical Testing and Analysis...
![Setback for Pondicherry Engineering College: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax on Technical Testing & Analysis Services, Penalty Waived [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/10/500x300_2085309-pondicherry-engineering-college-taxscan.webp "Setback for Pondicherry Engineering College: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax on Technical Testing & Analysis Services, Penalty Waived [Read Order]")
Service Tax Not applicable on Public Utility Works including Laying of Pipelines, Repairs of Sainik Schools: CESTAT quashes Demand [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Hyderabad Bench, has set aside a demand by holding that public utility works such as laying and maintenance of...
![Service Tax Not applicable on Public Utility Works including Laying of Pipelines, Repairs of Sainik Schools: CESTAT quashes Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/09/500x300_2084820-service-tax-cestat-quashes-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Not applicable on Public Utility Works including Laying of Pipelines, Repairs of Sainik Schools: CESTAT quashes Demand [Read Order]")