![No Penalty or Redemption Fine if Confiscation of Goods is Set Aside by Customs Tribunal: CESTAT [read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/13/500x300_2043841-chennai-cestat-no-penalty-cestat-redemption-goods-customs-tribunal-cestat-taxscan-1.webp "No Penalty or Redemption Fine if Confiscation of Goods is Set Aside by Customs Tribunal: CESTAT [read Order]")
No Penalty or Redemption Fine if Confiscation of Goods is Set Aside by Customs Tribunal: CESTAT [read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), while hearing a matter filed by the Commissioner of Customs,...
![Fulfilment of Conditions of Customs Notification Not Applicable When goods imported were destroyed in fire: CESTAT Allows Customs Duty Redemption to Piramal Enterprises [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/13/250x150_2043551-customs-notification-cestat-taxscan.webp "Fulfilment of Conditions of Customs Notification Not Applicable When goods imported were destroyed in fire: CESTAT Allows Customs Duty Redemption to Piramal Enterprises [Read Order]")
![Incorrect Fabric Label on Reimported Goods: CESTAT Finds No Misdeclaration as Composition Remains Same and Customs Duty Drawback Is Returned [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/11/250x150_2042321-reimported-goods-cestat-taxscan.webp "Incorrect Fabric Label on Reimported Goods: CESTAT Finds No Misdeclaration as Composition Remains Same and Customs Duty Drawback Is Returned [Read Order]")
![Nickel Hydroxide with Additives Classifiable as Miscellaneous Chemical Product, Not Inorganic Chemical: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/04/250x150_2041229-nickel-hydroxide-additives-classifiable-as-miscellaneous-chemical-product-taxscan.webp "Nickel Hydroxide with Additives Classifiable as Miscellaneous Chemical Product, Not Inorganic Chemical: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Holds No Service Tax on Foreign Bank Charges for Export Remittances; Follows Precedents in Appellant’s Cases [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/06/250x150_2041515-no-service-tax-foreign-bank-charges-cestat-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Holds No Service Tax on Foreign Bank Charges for Export Remittances; Follows Precedents in Appellant’s Cases [Read Order]")
![100% EOU Can Carry Forward Accumulated CENVAT Credit Upon De-bonding to DTA Unit: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/04/500x300_2041232-eou-cenvat-credit-de-bonding-dta-unit-cestat-taxscan.webp "100% EOU Can Carry Forward Accumulated CENVAT Credit Upon De-bonding to DTA Unit: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Relief for BMW India: CESTAT Rules Post-Clearance Fuel Adaptor Fitment Not Manufacturing, Quashes Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that post-clearance fitting of fuel adaptors in diesel vehicles by BMW India Pvt. Ltd. does not amount to...
![Relief for BMW India: CESTAT Rules Post-Clearance Fuel Adaptor Fitment Not Manufacturing, Quashes Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Relief-for-BMW-India-BMW-India-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "Relief for BMW India: CESTAT Rules Post-Clearance Fuel Adaptor Fitment Not Manufacturing, Quashes Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]")
Relief for ITI Ltd: CESTAT Rules No Misdeclaration in Software Valuation for Telecom Imports [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that there was no misdeclaration by ITI Ltd. in the valuation of software imported as part of telecom...
![Relief for ITI Ltd: CESTAT Rules No Misdeclaration in Software Valuation for Telecom Imports [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Relief-for-ITI-Ltd-ITI-Ltd-CESTAT-CESTAT-Rules-taxscan.jpg "Relief for ITI Ltd: CESTAT Rules No Misdeclaration in Software Valuation for Telecom Imports [Read Order]")
Win for Adyar Ananda Bhavan: CESTAT Rules "Heat Wave Frying System" Classifies as Other Machinery, Not Kitchen Machines [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled in favor of Adyar Ananda Bhavan Sweets & Snacks, holding that the imported “Namkeen System HWF 2412”...
![Win for Adyar Ananda Bhavan: CESTAT Rules Heat Wave Frying System Classifies as Other Machinery, Not Kitchen Machines [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Win-for-Adyar-Ananda-Bhavan-Adyar-Ananda-Bhavan-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "Win for Adyar Ananda Bhavan: CESTAT Rules Heat Wave Frying System Classifies as Other Machinery, Not Kitchen Machines [Read Order]")
CESTAT Rules Reusable Packaging Not 'Tangible Goods Service': Volvo Logistics Case Decided [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai Bench, has ruled that the leasing of reusable packaging material by Volvo Logistics to Rolltec Engineering does not constitute...
![CESTAT Rules Reusable Packaging Not Tangible Goods Service: Volvo Logistics Case Decided [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/volvo.jpg "CESTAT Rules Reusable Packaging Not Tangible Goods Service: Volvo Logistics Case Decided [Read Order]")
CESTAT Abates Customs Appeals as Sole Appellant Dies, Invokes ‘No Taxation of the Dead’ Principle [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) in Chennai has abated two customs appeals following the death of the sole appellant, Smt. Chand Kavar Bhandari. The tribunal cited the...
![CESTAT Abates Customs Appeals as Sole Appellant Dies, Invokes ‘No Taxation of the Dead’ Principle [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Customs-Appeals-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.webp "CESTAT Abates Customs Appeals as Sole Appellant Dies, Invokes ‘No Taxation of the Dead’ Principle [Read Order]")
No Service Tax Payable for Construction of Residential Complexes before July 2010: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that service tax cannot be levied on composite construction of residential complexes before July 1, 2010,...
![No Service Tax Payable for Construction of Residential Complexes before July 2010: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Service-tax-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.jpeg "No Service Tax Payable for Construction of Residential Complexes before July 2010: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]")