![Service Tax Demand on Amount Received for Modernisation and Upgradation of Sugar Mills Found Unsustainable: CESTAT Allows Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/31/500x300_2122751-service-tax-demand-amount-received-modernisation-upgradation-sugar-mills-found-unsustainable-cestat-allows-appeal-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand on Amount Received for Modernisation and Upgradation of Sugar Mills Found Unsustainable: CESTAT Allows Appeal [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand on Amount Received for Modernisation and Upgradation of Sugar Mills Found Unsustainable: CESTAT Allows Appeal [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Exciseand Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside a service tax demand raised under the category...
![Service Tax Amount Paid under VCES Cannot be Reopened or Refunded Later: CESTAT Rules Declaration under Scheme is Final and Binding [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/01/250x150_2109149-service-tax-refund-cestat-taxscan.jfif "Service Tax Amount Paid under VCES Cannot be Reopened or Refunded Later: CESTAT Rules Declaration under Scheme is Final and Binding [Read Order]")
![Dilution and Repacking of Seaweed Extract Not Amounting to Manufacture: CESTAT Holds Excise Demand Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/250x150_2107791-seaweed-extract-not-amounting-to-manufacture-cestat-taxscan.webp "Dilution and Repacking of Seaweed Extract Not Amounting to Manufacture: CESTAT Holds Excise Demand Unsustainable [Read Order]")
![Process of Battery Charging, Filling, and Packaging Amounts to Manufacture, No Service Tax Payable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/16/250x150_2097130-battery-charging-filling-packaging-taxscan.webp "Process of Battery Charging, Filling, and Packaging Amounts to Manufacture, No Service Tax Payable: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Wine Stock Discrepancies in Bonded Warehouse: CESTAT finds License Cancellation Too Harsh [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/18/250x150_2065044-license-cancellation-taxscan.webp "Wine Stock Discrepancies in Bonded Warehouse: CESTAT finds License Cancellation Too Harsh [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on License Fee /spectrum charges which are service tax w.e.f. 01.04.2016: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that service tax not leviable on license fee/spectrum charges payable for period prior to 01.04.2016. ...
![No Service Tax on License Fee /spectrum charges which are service tax w.e.f. 01.04.2016: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/500x300_2055065-license-fee.webp "No Service Tax on License Fee /spectrum charges which are service tax w.e.f. 01.04.2016: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Works Contract Not Taxable Under Commercial or Industrial Construction Services :CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/25/500x300_2054323-cestat-service-tax-tax-on-works-contract-taxscan.webp "Works Contract Not Taxable Under Commercial or Industrial Construction Services :CESTAT [Read Order]")
Co-Noticees Cannot Be Penalized Independently Once Main Noticee Settles Dispute Under SVLDRS Scheme: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that co-noticees cannot be penalized independently once the main noticee settles the dispute under the...
![Co-Noticees Cannot Be Penalized Independently Once Main Noticee Settles Dispute Under SVLDRS Scheme: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/10/500x300_2042002-svldrs-scheme-site-img.webp "Co-Noticees Cannot Be Penalized Independently Once Main Noticee Settles Dispute Under SVLDRS Scheme: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Relief for Importer: CESTAT Caps Redemption Fine at 10% and Penalty at 5% of Re-Determined Value [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) provided partial relief to an importer by capping the redemption fine at 10% of the re-determined value while...
![Relief for Importer: CESTAT Caps Redemption Fine at 10% and Penalty at 5% of Re-Determined Value [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/penalty-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "Relief for Importer: CESTAT Caps Redemption Fine at 10% and Penalty at 5% of Re-Determined Value [Read Order]")
![Refund Recovery Proceedings Invalid Without Review of Sanction Order: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CESTAT-CESTAT-Chandigarh-Refund-Recovery-Proceedings-TAXSCAN.jpg "Refund Recovery Proceedings Invalid Without Review of Sanction Order: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT Denies CENVAT Credit on Rent-a-Cab Services, Due to Non-Compliance with Rule 2(l) [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chandigarh Bench has upheld the denial of CENVAT credit for availing input tax credit on Rent-a-Cab services, while granting partial...
![CESTAT Denies CENVAT Credit on Rent-a-Cab Services, Due to Non-Compliance with Rule 2(l) [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CESTAT-CENVAT-Credit-on-Rent-a-Cab-Services-CENVAT-Credit-TAXSCAN.jpg "CESTAT Denies CENVAT Credit on Rent-a-Cab Services, Due to Non-Compliance with Rule 2(l) [Read Order]")
CESTATÂ quashes Service Tax Demand on Auto Service Provider, Holds VAT-Paid Transactions not Liable [Read Order]
The Chandigarh bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has quashed a service tax demand on an auto service provider, ruling that transactions on which Value Added...
![CESTATÂ quashes Service Tax Demand on Auto Service Provider, Holds VAT-Paid Transactions not Liable [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Service-tax-demand.jpg "CESTATÂ quashes Service Tax Demand on Auto Service Provider, Holds VAT-Paid Transactions not Liable [Read Order]")