CAG Announces Creation of Centralized Cadres for Expenditure and Revenue Audits
The Director General of Audit (Central Expenditure) issued Circular No. 43 dated 21.11.2025 had announced initiative to establish centralized cadres...
![CESTAT Raps Revenue for Presumption-Based Confiscation, Directs Return of Betel Nuts Fit for Consumption [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/250x150_2108068-cestat-kolkatta-betel-nuts-cestat-betel-nut-confiscation-case-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Raps Revenue for Presumption-Based Confiscation, Directs Return of Betel Nuts Fit for Consumption [Read Order]")
![Furnace Oil used in Manufacture and Transferred to Branches Outside State: Bombay HC rules Set-Off of Sales Tax Available after 6% Reduction of Purchase Price [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/250x150_2107816-bombay-hc-furnace-oil-taxscan.webp "Furnace Oil used in Manufacture and Transferred to Branches Outside State: Bombay HC rules Set-Off of Sales Tax Available after 6% Reduction of Purchase Price [Read Order]")
![No Mens Rea, No Section 129: Allahabad HC Holds Revenue Must Prove Intent to Evade Tax [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/22/250x150_2107413-no-mens-rea-allahabad-hc-holds-revenue-prove-intent-evade-tax-taxscan.webp "No Mens Rea, No Section 129: Allahabad HC Holds Revenue Must Prove Intent to Evade Tax [Read Order]")
![WhatsApp Chat Between Buyer’s Son and Accountant Has No Evidentiary Value Without 65B Certificate: ITAT deletes S.69A Addition [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/24/250x150_2107539-whatsapp-chat-itat-taxscan.webp "WhatsApp Chat Between Buyer’s Son and Accountant Has No Evidentiary Value Without 65B Certificate: ITAT deletes S.69A Addition [Read Order]")
CESTAT Holds Paper Biri Not Classifiable as Cigarettes, Rejects Central Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) dismissed the Revenue’s appeal and upheld the assessee’s classification, holding that the authorities wrongly...
![CESTAT Holds Paper Biri Not Classifiable as Cigarettes, Rejects Central Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106240-cestat-allahabad-central-excise-duty-paper-biri-cigarettes-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Holds Paper Biri Not Classifiable as Cigarettes, Rejects Central Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]")
Lease Premium Taxable as Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Upholds ₹2.88Cr Service Tax Demand on Ghaziabad Development Authority [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) dismissed the appeal filed by the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) and upheld the ₹2.88 crore service...
![Lease Premium Taxable as Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Upholds ₹2.88Cr Service Tax Demand on Ghaziabad Development Authority [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106392-cestat-allahabad-ghaziabad-development-authority-lease-premium-taxable-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Lease Premium Taxable as Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Upholds ₹2.88Cr Service Tax Demand on Ghaziabad Development Authority [Read Order]")
Ministry of Sports Claims Locus Standi After Disbandment of Commonwealth Games Committee: Delhi HC Remands Appeals to ITAT [Read Order]
The High Court of Delhi, remanded appeals to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ( ITAT ) after the Ministry of Sports claimed locus standi following the disbandment of the Commonwealth Games...
![Ministry of Sports Claims Locus Standi After Disbandment of Commonwealth Games Committee: Delhi HC Remands Appeals to ITAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/26/500x300_2091193-delhi-highcourt-taxscan.webp "Ministry of Sports Claims Locus Standi After Disbandment of Commonwealth Games Committee: Delhi HC Remands Appeals to ITAT [Read Order]")
Revenue Can Tax Only if Case Falls Within Four Corners of Statute, Not on Legislative Intent or Substance: Supreme Court [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court has held that the Revenue authorities cannot impose tax on the basis of legislative intent, substance, or analogy, unless the case strictly falls within the...
![Revenue Can Tax Only if Case Falls Within Four Corners of Statute, Not on Legislative Intent or Substance: Supreme Court [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/19/500x300_2088531-supreme-court-taxscan.webp "Revenue Can Tax Only if Case Falls Within Four Corners of Statute, Not on Legislative Intent or Substance: Supreme Court [Read Order]")
Orissa HC Quashes Service Tax Demand on Ex Parte Basis, Says Non-Consideration of Contention is Denial of Hearing [Read Order]
“Non-consideration of the contention amounts to denial of hearing”, said the Orissa High Court and set aside a service tax demand passed on an ex parte basis holding that failure to consider a...
![Orissa HC Quashes Service Tax Demand on Ex Parte Basis, Says Non-Consideration of Contention is Denial of Hearing [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/12/500x300_2075844-orissa-hc-quashes-service-tax-demand-ex-parte-non-consideration-contention-denial-of-hearing.webp "Orissa HC Quashes Service Tax Demand on Ex Parte Basis, Says Non-Consideration of Contention is Denial of Hearing [Read Order]")
ITAT Remands Capital Gains Dispute to AO: Faults Revenue on Legal Oversight, Upholds Principles of Justice [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has remanded the matter of capital gains taxation involving agriculturist Harwant Singh Grewal back to the Assessing Officer (AO) ...
![ITAT Remands Capital Gains Dispute to AO: Faults Revenue on Legal Oversight, Upholds Principles of Justice [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/31/500x300_2071191-itat-remands-capital-dispute-faults-revenue-legal-oversight-upholds-principles-justice-taxscan.webp "ITAT Remands Capital Gains Dispute to AO: Faults Revenue on Legal Oversight, Upholds Principles of Justice [Read Order]")