![Customs Cannot Enhance Value Without Proof of Undervaluation or Treat Counterfeit Goods as Branded: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/05/500x300_2117195-declared-value-site-image.webp "Customs Cannot Enhance Value Without Proof of Undervaluation or Treat Counterfeit Goods as Branded: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Customs Cannot Enhance Value Without Proof of Undervaluation or Treat Counterfeit Goods as Branded: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT), New Delhi, held that Customs authorities cannot enhance the...
![Cigarette Packs Lacking Mandatory Declarations Had to be Destroyed, Not Auctioned: CESTAT sets aside Forfeiture [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/250x150_2113226-cigarette-packs-lacking-mandatory-declarations-had-destroyed-not-auctioned-cestat-sets-aside-forfeiture-taxscan.webp "Cigarette Packs Lacking Mandatory Declarations Had to be Destroyed, Not Auctioned: CESTAT sets aside Forfeiture [Read Order]")
![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/2025/12/06/250x150_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]")
![Proceedings Against Deceased Proprietor Void Ab Initio: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/29/250x150_2100782-proceedings-deceased-proprietor-void-ab-initio-cestat-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Proceedings Against Deceased Proprietor Void Ab Initio: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
![CESTAT denies Rs. 8.36 Cr Excess CVD Refund Claim w/o Reassessment beyond 1 Year Limitation under Customs Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/28/250x150_2100509-cvd-refund-claim-taxscan.webp "CESTAT denies Rs. 8.36 Cr Excess CVD Refund Claim w/o Reassessment beyond 1 Year Limitation under Customs Act [Read Order]")
Department Barred from Reopening Settled Classification: CESTAT Upholds Claim for Exemption of Duty on Light Green Float Glass [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Principal Bench at New Delhi, dismissed the Revenue’s appeal and upheld the classification of Light Green Float Glass imported by...
![Department Barred from Reopening Settled Classification: CESTAT Upholds Claim for Exemption of Duty on Light Green Float Glass [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/25/500x300_2099716-light-green-float-glass-taxscan.webp "Department Barred from Reopening Settled Classification: CESTAT Upholds Claim for Exemption of Duty on Light Green Float Glass [Read Order]")
Sub-Contractors Liable to Pay Service Tax Even if Main Contractor Has Already Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that sub-contractors are liable to pay service tax even if the main contractor has already...
![Sub-Contractors Liable to Pay Service Tax Even if Main Contractor Has Already Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/03/500x300_2058457-sub-contractor-sub-contractor-main-contractor-service-tax-cestat-taxscan.webp "Sub-Contractors Liable to Pay Service Tax Even if Main Contractor Has Already Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax Payable on affiliation fees collected from Affiliated colleges: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/500x300_2055060-cestat-cestat-new-delhi-service-tax-exemption-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax Payable on affiliation fees collected from Affiliated colleges: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Relief to Taj SATS Air Catering, No Service Tax Leviable When VAT was paid on sale of food & beverages: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a ruling in favor of Taj Sats Air Catering Limited, the New Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that service tax is not leviable when VAT was...
![Relief to Taj SATS Air Catering, No Service Tax Leviable When VAT was paid on sale of food & beverages: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/500x300_2055078-cestat-taj-sats-air-catering-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Relief to Taj SATS Air Catering, No Service Tax Leviable When VAT was paid on sale of food & beverages: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Royalty for Exclusive 99-Year Trademark Use Qualifies as Deemed Sale, Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that royalty received for the exclusive use of trademarks under a 99-year agreement amounts to a deemed sale...
![Royalty for Exclusive 99-Year Trademark Use Qualifies as Deemed Sale, Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/09/500x300_2041814-deemed-sale-cestat-taxscan.webp "Royalty for Exclusive 99-Year Trademark Use Qualifies as Deemed Sale, Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Tax Applies to Sub-Contractor in MCD Parking Project, Mega Exemption Not Applicable: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) noted that service tax applies to sub-contractor in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) project, and that mega...
![Service Tax Applies to Sub-Contractor in MCD Parking Project, Mega Exemption Not Applicable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Service-tax-contractor-taxscan.png "Service Tax Applies to Sub-Contractor in MCD Parking Project, Mega Exemption Not Applicable: CESTAT [Read Order]")