![Madras HC Quashes Service Tax Demand on Chennai Police for Bundobast Services, Holds Sovereign Functions Not Taxable before 1 June 2012 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/06/2117254-madras-hc-service-tax-demand-taxscan.jfif "Madras HC Quashes Service Tax Demand on Chennai Police for Bundobast Services, Holds Sovereign Functions Not Taxable before 1 June 2012 [Read Order]")
Madras HC Quashes Service Tax Demand on Chennai Police for Bundobast Services, Holds Sovereign Functions Not Taxable before 1 June 2012 [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Madras High Court quashed the service tax demand raised on the Greater Chennai Police Commissionerate for providing...
![Section 25(4) of Customs Act Declared Arbitrary: Karnataka HC Orders Refund to Patanjali Foods [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/31/2116288-section-254-customs-act-declared-arbitrary-karnataka-hc-orders-refund-patanjali-foods-taxscan.webp "Section 25(4) of Customs Act Declared Arbitrary: Karnataka HC Orders Refund to Patanjali Foods [Read Order]")
![GST Return Filing u/s 16(5) Timeline Makes S 16(4) Time Bar Lose Significance: Kerala HC Orders Reconsideration of ITC Claim [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/2112776-gst-return-filing-timeline-time-bar-lose-significance-kerala-hc-orders-reconsideration-itc-claim-taxscan.webp "GST Return Filing u/s 16(5) Timeline Makes S 16(4) Time Bar Lose Significance: Kerala HC Orders Reconsideration of ITC Claim [Read Order]")
Form 26AS Alone Cannot Sustain Service Tax Demand Without Precedent Review: CESTAT Orders Fresh Decision in One Month [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), remanded the service tax dispute arising solely from Form 26AS discrepancies, holding that such demand cannot be...
![Form 26AS Alone Cannot Sustain Service Tax Demand Without Precedent Review: CESTAT Orders Fresh Decision in One Month [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/16/2112502-form-26as-service-tax-demand-cestat-taxscan.jfif "Form 26AS Alone Cannot Sustain Service Tax Demand Without Precedent Review: CESTAT Orders Fresh Decision in One Month [Read Order]")
Absence of Time Limit in Notification allows Exemption Claim “At Any Stage” under Finance Act: CESTAT Rules in Favour of Mars International [Read Order]
The Tribunal ruled that Exemption Can be sought Throughout proceedings if an Exemption Notification does Not include Time Limit or Procedural Restriction In a major relief to Mars...
![Absence of Time Limit in Notification allows Exemption Claim “At Any Stage” under Finance Act: CESTAT Rules in Favour of Mars International [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/2110460-absence-time-limit-notification-allows-exemption-claim-taxscan.webp "Absence of Time Limit in Notification allows Exemption Claim “At Any Stage” under Finance Act: CESTAT Rules in Favour of Mars International [Read Order]")
![Reverse Charge Demand Sets Aside: CESTAT Says Tax Beyond Scope of SCN Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/05/2110258-reverse-charge-demand-cestat-tax-scn-unsustainable-taxscan.webp "Reverse Charge Demand Sets Aside: CESTAT Says Tax Beyond Scope of SCN Unsustainable [Read Order]")
Consultancy for Pet Products Must Be Provided by Scientist or Institution: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand Against Mars International [Read Order]
In a significant relief to Mars International India Pvt Ltd, the Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal set aside multiple Service Tax demands against Mars...
![Consultancy for Pet Products Must Be Provided by Scientist or Institution: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand Against Mars International [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/2110461-consultancy-pet-products-scientist-institution-cestat-service-tax-demand-mars-international-taxscan.webp "Consultancy for Pet Products Must Be Provided by Scientist or Institution: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand Against Mars International [Read Order]")
Maruti Dealership Incentives Qualify as Trade Discounts Not Taxable Services: CESTAT Quashes ₹2.21Cr Service Tax Demand on Audi Motors [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed the appeals filed by Audi Motors Pvt. Ltd. and its Accountant, setting aside the service tax demand of...
![Maruti Dealership Incentives Qualify as Trade Discounts Not Taxable Services: CESTAT Quashes ₹2.21Cr Service Tax Demand on Audi Motors [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/2110494-maruti-dealership-incentives-trade-discount-taxable-service-csetat-service-tax-demand-audi-motors-taxscan.webp "Maruti Dealership Incentives Qualify as Trade Discounts Not Taxable Services: CESTAT Quashes ₹2.21Cr Service Tax Demand on Audi Motors [Read Order]")
Educational Consultancy Services to Foreign Universities Qualify as Export, not “Intermediary Services”: Delhi HC [Read Order]
ediary services under the Service Tax Regime. In the recent ruling, the Delhi High Court upheld CESTAT’s ruling that student recruitment services provided to foreign universities constitute...
![Educational Consultancy Services to Foreign Universities Qualify as Export, not “Intermediary Services”: Delhi HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/04/2110188-fd5f84a3-1816-4840-8367-a932a5ce03f6.webp "Educational Consultancy Services to Foreign Universities Qualify as Export, not “Intermediary Services”: Delhi HC [Read Order]")
Demand Under 'Construction of Complex' Invalid for Composite Contracts Prior to 2010: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the appellant was not liable to pay service tax for the period before 1 July 2010, and consequently...
![Demand Under Construction of Complex Invalid for Composite Contracts Prior to 2010: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/2108165-cestat-mumbai-service-tax-demandtaxscan.webp "Demand Under Construction of Complex Invalid for Composite Contracts Prior to 2010: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")