![Excise Duty on Royalty Confirmed Only For Normal Period: CESTAT sets aside Extended Limitation, Penalty and Interest Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/21/2126619-excise-duty-on-royalty-confirmed-only-for-normal-period-taxscan.webp "Excise Duty on Royalty Confirmed Only For Normal Period: CESTAT sets aside Extended Limitation, Penalty and Interest Demand [Read Order]")
Excise Duty on Royalty Confirmed Only For Normal Period: CESTAT sets aside Extended Limitation, Penalty and Interest Demand [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that the amount received on account of royalty is to be included in the...
![Areca Nut Imports Below Minimum Import Price Liable for Absolute Confiscation: Delhi HC Dismisses Importer’s Writ [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/17/2126125-areca-nut-imports-below-minimum-import-price-liable-absolute-confiscation-delhi-hc.webp "Areca Nut Imports Below Minimum Import Price Liable for Absolute Confiscation: Delhi HC Dismisses Importer’s Writ [Read Order]")
![Reporting Errors in Form MGT-7A : MCA Fines Company and its Directors under Small Company Rule [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/17/2126034-reporting-errors-form-mgt-7a-mca-fines-company-directors-under-small-company-rule.webp "Reporting Errors in Form MGT-7A : MCA Fines Company and its Directors under Small Company Rule [Read Order]")
![Calcutta HC Refuses to Quash Andaman VAT Notices, Holds Limitation & Natural Justice issues Not Grounds to Bypass Statutory Remedy [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/12/2124760-calcutta-hc-refuses-quash-andaman-vat-notices-holds-limitation-natural.webp "Calcutta HC Refuses to Quash Andaman VAT Notices, Holds Limitation & Natural Justice issues Not Grounds to Bypass Statutory Remedy [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Reduces Customs Penalty to ₹5,000 Considering Demise of Importer’s Wife [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/20/2120875-cestat-chennai-penalty-customs-penalty-importer-penalty-penalty-reduction-customs-act-penalty-cestat-penalty-reduction-customs-penalty-reduced-importer-customs-penalty-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Reduces Customs Penalty to ₹5,000 Considering Demise of Importer’s Wife [Read Order]")
Non-disclosure of Secured Creditors in Capital Reduction Petition: NCLT Imposes 5 lakh Penalty on Lifestyle [Read Order]
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Bangalore bench has slapped a penalty of Rs 5,00,000 on Lifestyle International Private Ltd for the non-disclosure of secured creditors in a capital ...
![Non-disclosure of Secured Creditors in Capital Reduction Petition: NCLT Imposes 5 lakh Penalty on Lifestyle [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/10/2118161-site-image-o4.webp "Non-disclosure of Secured Creditors in Capital Reduction Petition: NCLT Imposes 5 lakh Penalty on Lifestyle [Read Order]")
Failure to Intimate Change of Registered Office Breaches S. 12(4): MCA Imposes ₹1 Lakh Penalty u/s 12(8) on Company and its Directors[Read Order]
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 Lakh on the company and its directors for violation of Section 12(4) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Section 12(8). ...
![Failure to Intimate Change of Registered Office Breaches S. 12(4): MCA Imposes ₹1 Lakh Penalty u/s 12(8) on Company and its Directors[Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/03/2116904-failure-intimate-registered-office-breaches-mca-imposes-penalty-company-directors-taxscan.webp "Failure to Intimate Change of Registered Office Breaches S. 12(4): MCA Imposes ₹1 Lakh Penalty u/s 12(8) on Company and its Directors[Read Order]")
Relief for Bridgestone India: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹96 Lakh Excise Demand for Alleged Excess CENVAT Credit [Read Order]
The Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) at New Delhi, has set aside a demand of central excise duty amounting to over ₹96 lakh, finding the extended...
![Relief for Bridgestone India: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹96 Lakh Excise Demand for Alleged Excess CENVAT Credit [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/01/2116520-relief-for-bridgestone-india-taxscan.jfif "Relief for Bridgestone India: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹96 Lakh Excise Demand for Alleged Excess CENVAT Credit [Read Order]")
Passenger Carrying 250 gm Undeclared Gold Bar through Green Channel Liable to Confiscation: Delhi HC [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Delhi High Court held that a passenger who carried an undeclared 250-gram gold bar through the green channel was liable to confiscation and the court refused to interfere...
![Passenger Carrying 250 gm Undeclared Gold Bar through Green Channel Liable to Confiscation: Delhi HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/24/2114508-passenger-carrying-250-gm-undeclared-gold-bar-taxscan.webp "Passenger Carrying 250 gm Undeclared Gold Bar through Green Channel Liable to Confiscation: Delhi HC [Read Order]")
Audi Alteram Partem Prevails: Kerala HC Holds Failure to Record Statement u/s 108 No Bar to Defence, Sets Aside Penalties in Gold Smuggling Case [Read Order]
The Kerala High Court has refused to interfere with the decision of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) arising from the alleged smuggling of gold through Cochin...
![Audi Alteram Partem Prevails: Kerala HC Holds Failure to Record Statement u/s 108 No Bar to Defence, Sets Aside Penalties in Gold Smuggling Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/2114193-audi-alteram-partem-prevails-kerala-hc-holds-failure-to-record-statement-us-108-no-bar-to-defence-sets-aside-penalties-in-gold-smuggling-case-taxscan.webp "Audi Alteram Partem Prevails: Kerala HC Holds Failure to Record Statement u/s 108 No Bar to Defence, Sets Aside Penalties in Gold Smuggling Case [Read Order]")
Penalty on CHA Not Sustainable When Classification Dispute is Settled in Favour of Importer and No Misdeclaration is Established: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that penalty on a Customs House Agent (CHA) is not sustainable when the classification dispute is settled...
![Penalty on CHA Not Sustainable When Classification Dispute is Settled in Favour of Importer and No Misdeclaration is Established: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/22/2113773-penalty-cha-not-sustainable-taxscan.jfif "Penalty on CHA Not Sustainable When Classification Dispute is Settled in Favour of Importer and No Misdeclaration is Established: CESTAT [Read Order]")
PIMS Registration Timeline Directory, Not Mandatory: CESTAT Quashes Confiscation for Delayed PIMS Compliance [Read Order]
The Principal Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT), New Delhi, held that the timeline prescribed under the Paper Import Monitoring System (PIMS) was directory and...
![PIMS Registration Timeline Directory, Not Mandatory: CESTAT Quashes Confiscation for Delayed PIMS Compliance [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/2112741-pims-registration-timeline-directory-not-mandatory-cestat-quashes-confiscation-delayed-pims-compliance-taxscan.webp "PIMS Registration Timeline Directory, Not Mandatory: CESTAT Quashes Confiscation for Delayed PIMS Compliance [Read Order]")