Process of Battery Charging, Filling, and Packaging Amounts to Manufacture, No Service Tax Payable: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the process of battery charging, filling, and...
![Sale of Application Forms, Tender Papers and Publicity Work by Odisha State Housing Board Not Taxable as Services: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/21/250x150_2089302-application-forms-tender-papers-publicity-work-odisha-state-housing-board-services-cestat-taxscan.webp "Sale of Application Forms, Tender Papers and Publicity Work by Odisha State Housing Board Not Taxable as Services: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand of Rs. 3.44 Crore on Promotional Marketing Activities [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-CESTAT-Delhi-Service-Tax-Demand-TAXSCAN.jpg "CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand of Rs. 3.44 Crore on Promotional Marketing Activities [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Rejects Refund Claim on Service Tax for Educational Courses Not Recognized by YCMOU During Relevant Period [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/YCMOU.jpg "CESTAT Rejects Refund Claim on Service Tax for Educational Courses Not Recognized by YCMOU During Relevant Period [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax on Advertising Agency against Amount Payable to Media Companies on Behalf of their Clients: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ad-agency.jpg "No Service Tax on Advertising Agency against Amount Payable to Media Companies on Behalf of their Clients: CESTAT [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]")
![CESTAT Kolkata: Sovereign Functions Exempt from Service Tax [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CESTAT-Kolkata-CESTAT-Sovereign-Functions-Exempt-from-Service-Tax-Service-Tax-Sovereign-taxscan-1.jpg "CESTAT Kolkata: Sovereign Functions Exempt from Service Tax [Read Order]")
![CESTAT upholds Service Tax Refund Claim Rejection on Course by YCMOU [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-CESTAT-upholds-Service-Tax-Service-Tax-Refund-Refund-Claim-Rejection-Rejection-Rejection-on-Course-by-YCMOU-YCMOU-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT upholds Service Tax Refund Claim Rejection on Course by YCMOU [Read Order]")
Processes of Cutting, Deburring, and Broaching on Forged Blastings Deemed Manufacturing u/s 2(f) of Central Excise Act: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) ruled that processes such as cutting, deburring, and broaching performed on raw materials like "Forged Blastings"...
![Processes of Cutting, Deburring, and Broaching on Forged Blastings Deemed Manufacturing u/s 2(f) of Central Excise Act: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-CESTAT-Delhi-Processes-of-Cutting-Deburring-Broaching-on-Forged-Blastings-Forged-Blastings-taxscan.jpg "Processes of Cutting, Deburring, and Broaching on Forged Blastings Deemed Manufacturing u/s 2(f) of Central Excise Act: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Mandap Keeper Services do not Qualify as Support Services: CESTAT Declares Non-Taxable [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CESTAT-CESTAT-Ahmedabad-Excise-and-Customs-Mandap-Keeper-Services-Section-65B49-of-Finance-Act-Taxscan.jpg "Mandap Keeper Services do not Qualify as Support Services: CESTAT Declares Non-Taxable [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Toll Charges Collected in Independent Capacity as a Contractor: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a significant case, the Allahabad bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that service tax is not demandable on toll charges collected in an independent...
Service of Transportation of Goods by Person other than GTA without Consignment Note are eligible for Exemption from Service Tax u/s66D (P)(i)(A) of Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the service of transportation of goods by a person other than the Goods Transport Agency (GTA) and...
![Service of Transportation of Goods by Person other than GTA without Consignment Note are eligible for Exemption from Service Tax u/s66D (P)(i)(A) of Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Service-Service-of-Transportation-Service-of-Transportation-of-Goods-Goods-Service-of-Transportation-of-Goods-by-Person-taxscan.jpg "Service of Transportation of Goods by Person other than GTA without Consignment Note are eligible for Exemption from Service Tax u/s66D (P)(i)(A) of Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]")