![Arranging Cane-Harvesting Workers for Farmers Without Control is Mere Facilitation, Not Taxable as Manpower Supply Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/28/500x300_2081350-site-img28-21.webp "Arranging Cane-Harvesting Workers for Farmers Without Control is Mere Facilitation, Not Taxable as Manpower Supply Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Arranging Cane-Harvesting Workers for Farmers Without Control is Mere Facilitation, Not Taxable as Manpower Supply Service: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that arranging cane-harvesting workers for farmers...
![Time Extension by Supreme Court During COVID Meant for Litigants, Not Authorities: Andhra Pradesh HC quashes GST Revisional Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/250x150_2080610-gst-revisional-order-taxscan.webp "Time Extension by Supreme Court During COVID Meant for Litigants, Not Authorities: Andhra Pradesh HC quashes GST Revisional Order [Read Order]")
![Disallowance of ₹1.87 Crore MAT Credit in Schindler India’s Return of Income: ITAT Remands matter to AO to Verify & Allow Necessary Credit [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/250x150_2080578-2060606-itat-ruling-income-tax-tribunal-tax-disallowance-taxscan.webp "Disallowance of ₹1.87 Crore MAT Credit in Schindler India’s Return of Income: ITAT Remands matter to AO to Verify & Allow Necessary Credit [Read Order]")
![Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand, Extended Limitation Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/250x150_2080562-cestat-liquidated-damages-taxability-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand, Extended Limitation Unsustainable [Read Order]")
Customs Slaps ₹12cr Penalty on Two Former UAE Consulate Officials in Kerala Gold Smuggling Case, RTI Reveals
The Customs Department has levied penalties totaling ₹12 crore against two former officials of the UAE Consulate in connection with the well-known Kerala gold smuggling case in diplomatic baggage. ...
Assessing Authority Cannot Impose Demand Beyond the Amount Proposed in GST Show Cause Notice: Allahabad HC [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Allahabad High Court held that an assessing authority cannot impose a demand beyond the amount proposed in a GST show cause notice. Vibhuti Tyres, the petitioner, was...
![Assessing Authority Cannot Impose Demand Beyond the Amount Proposed in GST Show Cause Notice: Allahabad HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/22/500x300_2079170-2065684-summary-of-scn-substitute-show-cause-notice-gauhati-hc-summary-scn-taxscan.webp "Assessing Authority Cannot Impose Demand Beyond the Amount Proposed in GST Show Cause Notice: Allahabad HC [Read Order]")
Relief for Bentley Motors: CESTAT Quashes ₹20 Lakh Penalty, Rules Exporter Not Liable for Importer’s Undervaluation [Read Order]
The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that an overseas exporter cannot be penalized under Section 112(a)(ii) of the Customs Act when the alleged ...
![Relief for Bentley Motors: CESTAT Quashes ₹20 Lakh Penalty, Rules Exporter Not Liable for Importer’s Undervaluation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/21/500x300_2079085-relief-for-bentley-motors-cestat-penalty-rules-exporter-liable-importers-undervaluation-taxscan.webp "Relief for Bentley Motors: CESTAT Quashes ₹20 Lakh Penalty, Rules Exporter Not Liable for Importer’s Undervaluation [Read Order]")
Mere Assembly of Imported Components can make “e-Rickshaw”: CESTAT upholds Differential Customs Duty Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Principal Bench at New Delhi, has held that the import of essential components of an electric rickshaw (E-rickshaw), even in...
![Mere Assembly of Imported Components can make “e-Rickshaw”: CESTAT upholds Differential Customs Duty Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/19/500x300_2078370-mere-assembly-of-imported-components-imported-components-can-make-e-rickshaw-taxscan.webp "Mere Assembly of Imported Components can make “e-Rickshaw”: CESTAT upholds Differential Customs Duty Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Packing of Bulk pack into Retail Packs as Job Work, amounts to Manufacture: CESTAT deletes Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Kolkata bench, has recently set aside service tax demands, penalties, and interest imposed on M/s Emami Limited and its...
![No Service Tax on Packing of Bulk pack into Retail Packs as Job Work, amounts to Manufacture: CESTAT deletes Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/14/500x300_2076724-service-tax-service-tax-on-packing-of-bulk-pack-into-retail-packs-as-job-work-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Packing of Bulk pack into Retail Packs as Job Work, amounts to Manufacture: CESTAT deletes Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]")