![Reduced Penalty u/s 78 of GST Applies If Tax and Interest Paid Within 30 Days of Demand Order: CESTAT Cuts Penalty to 25% [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/08/2061113-reduced-penalty-penalty-reduced-penalty-section-78-of-gst-applies-section-78-of-gst-applies-taxscan.webp "Reduced Penalty u/s 78 of GST Applies If Tax and Interest Paid Within 30 Days of Demand Order: CESTAT Cuts Penalty to 25% [Read Order]")
Reduced Penalty u/s 78 of GST Applies If Tax and Interest Paid Within 30 Days of Demand Order: CESTAT Cuts Penalty to 25% [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a reduced penalty under Section 78...
![GST Registration Cancelled due to Non-Filing of Returns: Gauhati HC Allows Restoration Upon Clearing Dues [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/07/2060688-gst-registration-taxscan.webp "GST Registration Cancelled due to Non-Filing of Returns: Gauhati HC Allows Restoration Upon Clearing Dues [Read Order]")
![Prior Cash Withdrawals For Medical Treatment: ITAT Deletes ₹29.24 Lakh Cash Deposit Addition [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/06/2059960-prior-cash-withdrawals-prior-cash-withdrawals-for-medical-treatment-cash-withdrawals-taxscan.webp "Prior Cash Withdrawals For Medical Treatment: ITAT Deletes ₹29.24 Lakh Cash Deposit Addition [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Holds Reimbursed Diesel Expenses on Actuals Non-Taxable Under Service Tax, Reduces Penalty to 25% [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/06/2059836-cestat-cestat-holds-reimbursed-diesel-expenses-diesel-expenses-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Holds Reimbursed Diesel Expenses on Actuals Non-Taxable Under Service Tax, Reduces Penalty to 25% [Read Order]")
![₹50 Lakh GST Demand Order Issued Without Stating Reasons: Madras HC Intervenes in Favour of Taxpayer, Quashes Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/05/2059487-50-lakh-of-gst-demand-order-gst-demand-order-gst-demand-taxscan.webp "₹50 Lakh GST Demand Order Issued Without Stating Reasons: Madras HC Intervenes in Favour of Taxpayer, Quashes Order [Read Order]")
![Kerala HC Upholds validity of SCN Served on Adult Member of Noticee u/s 153 of Customs Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/04/2058904-notice-customs-taxscan.webp "Kerala HC Upholds validity of SCN Served on Adult Member of Noticee u/s 153 of Customs Act [Read Order]")
Income Tax Proceedings cannot Survive if Empowering Notices have been Statutorily Quashed: Madras HC [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Madras High Court reiterated the settled position of law that all proceedings flowing from a foundational or “empowering” notice under the Income Tax Act, 1961 shall stand...
![Income Tax Proceedings cannot Survive if Empowering Notices have been Statutorily Quashed: Madras HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/03/2058591-madras-hc-incometax-taxscan.webp "Income Tax Proceedings cannot Survive if Empowering Notices have been Statutorily Quashed: Madras HC [Read Order]")
Wafers are entitled to reduced rate of excise duty under exemption notification: CESTAT sets aside Order [Read Order]
The New Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that ‘Wafers’ are entitled to reduced rate of excise duty under exemption notification and set aside the...
![Wafers are entitled to reduced rate of excise duty under exemption notification: CESTAT sets aside Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/01/2057584-wafers.webp "Wafers are entitled to reduced rate of excise duty under exemption notification: CESTAT sets aside Order [Read Order]")
Income Tax Penalty Notice Not Properly Served Initially, Reminded after 4 Months of its Issuance: Madras HC Directs Decision After Hearing [Read Order]
The High Court of Madras, directed that a decision be made after granting a personal hearing in a case where an income tax penalty notice under Section 270A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, was not...
![Income Tax Penalty Notice Not Properly Served Initially, Reminded after 4 Months of its Issuance: Madras HC Directs Decision After Hearing [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/28/2055622-kerala-hc-income-tax-penalty-income-tax-income-tax-news-kerala-hc-news-high-court-of-kerala-high-court-section-274-section-44ab-assessment-taxscan.webp "Income Tax Penalty Notice Not Properly Served Initially, Reminded after 4 Months of its Issuance: Madras HC Directs Decision After Hearing [Read Order]")
CESTAT Rebukes Appellant for using Language Casting Aspersions on Customs Commissioner in Grounds of Appeal [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) in its recent ruling expressed dismay at the appellant for using disparaging and disrespectful language against...
![CESTAT Rebukes Appellant for using Language Casting Aspersions on Customs Commissioner in Grounds of Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/24/2053614-cestat-chennai-appeal-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rebukes Appellant for using Language Casting Aspersions on Customs Commissioner in Grounds of Appeal [Read Order]")
CESTAT Upholds Rs. 50K Penalty on Customs Broker for Failing to Verify Misdeclared Import Weight [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) in its recent ruling upheld a penalty of Rs. 50,000 imposed on Customs Broker (CB) under Regulation 18 of the...
![CESTAT Upholds Rs. 50K Penalty on Customs Broker for Failing to Verify Misdeclared Import Weight [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/24/2053597-cestat-penalty-penalty-on-customs-broker-customs-broker-customs-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Upholds Rs. 50K Penalty on Customs Broker for Failing to Verify Misdeclared Import Weight [Read Order]")