![CESTAT Weekly Round-Up [Mar 03 to Mar 08, 2025]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CESTAT-Weekly-Round-Up-CESTAT-Weekly-Round-Up-CESTAT-Weekly-Round-Up-2025-Weekly-Round-Up-2025-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Weekly Round-Up [Mar 03 to Mar 08, 2025]")
CESTAT Weekly Round-Up [Mar 03 to Mar 08, 2025]
This weekly round-up analytically summarizes the key stories related to the Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) reported at...
![Export Proceeded after Customs Clearance and Receival of Foreign Remittance: CESTAT quashes Penalty u/s 114 [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Foreign-Remittance-Penalty-Customs-Clearance-taxscan.jpg "Export Proceeded after Customs Clearance and Receival of Foreign Remittance: CESTAT quashes Penalty u/s 114 [Read Order]")
![Goods wrongly loaded could not be Exported without clearance by Customs: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-Goods-wrongly-loaded-Customs-taxscan.jpg "Goods wrongly loaded could not be Exported without clearance by Customs: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Annual Digest 2024: Indirect Tax Cases [Part 11]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-CESTAT-Annual-Digest-2024-Annual-Digest-2024-Indirect-Tax-Cases-Part-11-Indirect-Tax-Cases-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Annual Digest 2024: Indirect Tax Cases [Part 11]")
![Failure to File Transshipment Bill Deemed a Technical Lapse: CESTAT overturns Duty Demand and Penalties as unjustified [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-CESTAT-Mumbai-Failure-to-File-Transshipment-Bill-File-Transshipment-Bill-Transshipment-Bill-taxscan.jpg "Failure to File Transshipment Bill Deemed a Technical Lapse: CESTAT overturns Duty Demand and Penalties as unjustified [Read Order]")
![No Mis-Declaration: CESTAT deletes Customs Penalty u/s 111(m) [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CESTAT-Bangalore-CESTAT-No-Mis-Declaration-Section-111m-of-the-Customs-Act-M.S.-Clothing-Company-Customs-Excise-and-Service-Tax-Appellate-Tribunal-Customs-Penalty-CESTAT-deletes-CESTAT-news-taxscan.jpg "No Mis-Declaration: CESTAT deletes Customs Penalty u/s 111(m) [Read Order]")
Confiscation of Goods Attempted to be Improperly Exported u/s 113 FERA: CESTAT reduces Penalty to 5L [Read Order]
The Bangalore bench of the Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) reduced the penalty to 5 lakhs for the attempted improper export of confiscated goods under Section 113 of the...
![Confiscation of Goods Attempted to be Improperly Exported u/s 113 FERA: CESTAT reduces Penalty to 5L [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Confiscation-of-Goods-CESTAT-Bangalore-bench-of-the-CESTAT-foreign-exchange-Regulation-Act-section-114-of-the-act-taxscan-1.jpg "Confiscation of Goods Attempted to be Improperly Exported u/s 113 FERA: CESTAT reduces Penalty to 5L [Read Order]")
![Absence of Mens Rea: CESTAT quashes Penalty imposed on CB [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CESTAT-CB-Penalty-Customs-Broker-Customs-Excise-and-Service-Tax-Appellate-Tribunal-taxscan.jpg "Absence of Mens Rea: CESTAT quashes Penalty imposed on CB [Read Order]")
No Confiscation of Gold can be done in Absence of any Act of Illegal Import or Smuggling of Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata bench of the Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the confiscation of gold or any goods cannot be done in the absence of any act of illegal import or...
![No Confiscation of Gold can be done in Absence of any Act of Illegal Import or Smuggling of Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/smuggling-of-goods-Confiscation-CESTAT-Kolkata-bench-taxscan.jpg "No Confiscation of Gold can be done in Absence of any Act of Illegal Import or Smuggling of Goods: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Penalty u/s 114AA of Customs Act for Confiscation of 12 Pieces of Gold without any Reasonable Belief of Illegal Importation: CESTAT quashes Penalty [Read Order]
The Kolkata bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) quashed the penalty under section 114AA of the Customs Act,1962 imposed for the confiscation of 12 pieces of gold...
![Penalty u/s 114AA of Customs Act for Confiscation of 12 Pieces of Gold without any Reasonable Belief of Illegal Importation: CESTAT quashes Penalty [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Penalty-Kolkata-bench-Customs-Act-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "Penalty u/s 114AA of Customs Act for Confiscation of 12 Pieces of Gold without any Reasonable Belief of Illegal Importation: CESTAT quashes Penalty [Read Order]")
Mens Rea not Ingredient of Section 114 Customs Act: CESTAT Imposes Penalty of Rs 50,000 on CHA on Aiding Export of Red Sanders Wood Pillars and Tops [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), observed that mens rea is not an ingredient of Section 114 Customs Act and imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000 on...
![Mens Rea not Ingredient of Section 114 Customs Act: CESTAT Imposes Penalty of Rs 50,000 on CHA on Aiding Export of Red Sanders Wood Pillars and Tops [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mens-Rea-Customs-Act-CESTAT-Imposes-Penalty-CHA-on-Aiding-Export-of-Red-Sanders-Wood-Pillars-and-Top-TAXSCAN.jpg "Mens Rea not Ingredient of Section 114 Customs Act: CESTAT Imposes Penalty of Rs 50,000 on CHA on Aiding Export of Red Sanders Wood Pillars and Tops [Read Order]")
No Explicit Findings that CHA Abetted in Contravening Provisions of Customs Act: CESTAT quashes Revocation of Licence [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Hyderabad Bench quashed the revocation of licence as no explicit findings was made that the Customs House Agent (CHA) abetted in...
![No Explicit Findings that CHA Abetted in Contravening Provisions of Customs Act: CESTAT quashes Revocation of Licence [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CHA-provisions-of-Customs-Act-CESTAT-Customs-Act-revocation-of-licence-licence-taxscan.jpg "No Explicit Findings that CHA Abetted in Contravening Provisions of Customs Act: CESTAT quashes Revocation of Licence [Read Order]")