Annual Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Rulings 2025 (Part 22)
This article summarises all CESTAT orders published in the Taxscan.in. Trading is Not a Service under Cenvat Credit Rules: CESTAT Remands Appeal...
![CESTAT Sets Aside ₹1,398 Crore CENVAT Credit Demand on Indian Oil Petronas on Limitation Grounds [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/01/250x150_2116470-cestat-sets-aside-1398-crore-cenvat-credit-demand-indian-oil-petronas-limitation-grounds-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Sets Aside ₹1,398 Crore CENVAT Credit Demand on Indian Oil Petronas on Limitation Grounds [Read Order]")
![Exemption Under SEZ Act Cannot Be Denied Merely for Procedural Lapses: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Demand on SEZ Supplies [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/250x150_2107222-sez-taxscan.webp "Exemption Under SEZ Act Cannot Be Denied Merely for Procedural Lapses: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Demand on SEZ Supplies [Read Order]")
![Relief to Johnson & Johnson: CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit Distribution through ISD for Both Manufacturing & Trading Units [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/08/250x150_2103434-relief-to-johnson-johnson-johnson-johnson-cestat-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "Relief to Johnson & Johnson: CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit Distribution through ISD for Both Manufacturing & Trading Units [Read Order]")
No Confiscated Goods and No Fake Invoices: CESTAT Sets Aside Penalty on Director Under Rule 26 [Read Order]
The Principal bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside the penalty imposed on the Director of a company, ruling that there were no confiscated goods or fake...
![No Confiscated Goods and No Fake Invoices: CESTAT Sets Aside Penalty on Director Under Rule 26 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/24/500x300_2099684-cestat-delhi-penalty-taxscan.webp "No Confiscated Goods and No Fake Invoices: CESTAT Sets Aside Penalty on Director Under Rule 26 [Read Order]")
Pre-SCN Penalty Deposit Can’t Be Reappropriated as Duty: CESTAT Upholds ₹5.32 Crore Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]
The Principal bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi in a recent case has upheld the central excise duty demand of ₹5.32 crore against M/s Balaji Wire Pvt....
![Pre-SCN Penalty Deposit Can’t Be Reappropriated as Duty: CESTAT Upholds ₹5.32 Crore Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/24/500x300_2099658-pre-show-cause-notice-taxscan.webp "Pre-SCN Penalty Deposit Can’t Be Reappropriated as Duty: CESTAT Upholds ₹5.32 Crore Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]")
Discovery During Audit Alone Does Not Justify Extended Limitation u/s11A: CESTAT Sets Aside Cenvat Credit Demand and Penalty of Rs. 1.81 Crore [Read Order]
The Principal bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi held that mere discovery of wrongly availed Cenvat credit during audit does not justify invoking the...
![Discovery During Audit Alone Does Not Justify Extended Limitation u/s11A: CESTAT Sets Aside Cenvat Credit Demand and Penalty of Rs. 1.81 Crore [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/24/500x300_2099629-cenvat-credit-demand-penalty-discovery-during-audit-taxscan.webp "Discovery During Audit Alone Does Not Justify Extended Limitation u/s11A: CESTAT Sets Aside Cenvat Credit Demand and Penalty of Rs. 1.81 Crore [Read Order]")
Railway Locomotive Parts Classifies Under Chapter Heading 8607: CESTAT upholds Concessional Excise Duty [Read Order]
The Chennai bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), dismissed an appeal by the Department in an excise duty classification dispute, holding that locomotive parts...
![Railway Locomotive Parts Classifies Under Chapter Heading 8607: CESTAT upholds Concessional Excise Duty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/02/500x300_2093303-railway-locomotive-parts-taxscan.webp "Railway Locomotive Parts Classifies Under Chapter Heading 8607: CESTAT upholds Concessional Excise Duty [Read Order]")
CESTAT dismisses Mittal Corp’s appeal despite CIRP Proceedings, upholds Excise Duty and Penalty for Clandestine Removal of Goods [Read Order]
The New Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has dismissed the appeal filed by Mittal Corp Limited, upholding the confirmation of Central Excise duty...
![CESTAT dismisses Mittal Corp’s appeal despite CIRP Proceedings, upholds Excise Duty and Penalty for Clandestine Removal of Goods [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/22/500x300_2067550-cestat-dismisses-mittal-corps-appeal-cestat-mittal-corps-limited-taxscan.webp "CESTAT dismisses Mittal Corp’s appeal despite CIRP Proceedings, upholds Excise Duty and Penalty for Clandestine Removal of Goods [Read Order]")
Relief for Hindustan Petroleum: CESTAT Rules Intermixing of Petroleum Products in Pipelines Is Not Manufacture, No Higher Duty Payable [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that intermixing of petroleum products during pipeline transfer does not amount to manufacture and cannot...
![Relief for Hindustan Petroleum: CESTAT Rules Intermixing of Petroleum Products in Pipelines Is Not Manufacture, No Higher Duty Payable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2067045-relief-for-hindustan-petroleum-hindustan-petroleum-cestat-cestat-rule-taxscan.webp "Relief for Hindustan Petroleum: CESTAT Rules Intermixing of Petroleum Products in Pipelines Is Not Manufacture, No Higher Duty Payable [Read Order]")
CESTAT Rules Stationary Engines Sold in DTA Qualify as “Similar Goods” Under FTP 2009-14, Concessional Duty Allowed [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that stationary engines cleared into the DomesticTariff Area (DTA) qualified as “similar goods” under Para...
![CESTAT Rules Stationary Engines Sold in DTA Qualify as “Similar Goods” Under FTP 2009-14, Concessional Duty Allowed [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/23/500x300_2053188-cestat-round-up-cestatroundup-taxscan-1.webp "CESTAT Rules Stationary Engines Sold in DTA Qualify as “Similar Goods” Under FTP 2009-14, Concessional Duty Allowed [Read Order]")