![CESTAT Weekly Round-Up [Jan 18 to Jan 24, 2025]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-Weekly-Round-Up-Jan-18-Jan-24-2025-TAXSCAN.jpg "CESTAT Weekly Round-Up [Jan 18 to Jan 24, 2025]")
CESTAT Weekly Round-Up [Jan 18 to Jan 24, 2025]
This weekly round-up analytically summarizes the key stories related to the Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) reported at...
![Cenvat Credit Can Be Utilised for Payment of Duty in Case of Delayed Excise Duty: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-CESTAT-Delhi-Cenvat-Credit-Excise-Duty-Delayed-Excise-Duty-Taxscan.jpg "Cenvat Credit Can Be Utilised for Payment of Duty in Case of Delayed Excise Duty: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![ITAT confirms Tax Exemptions for Gujarat Housing Board u/s. 11&12 of the Income Tax Act [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ITAT-Ahmedabad-Tax-Exemptions-for-Gujarat-Housing-Board-Tax-Exemptions-Income-Tax-Gujarat-Housing-Boards-commercial-business-judicial-precedents-government-backed-bodies-statutory-bodies-ITAT-Taxscan.jpg "ITAT confirms Tax Exemptions for Gujarat Housing Board u/s. 11&12 of the Income Tax Act [Read Order]")
![Leasing of E-Bikes without Operator Classifiable under Amended Tax Rate Notification at 18% GST: AAAR [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AAAR-GST-18-GST-for-e-bike-Leasing-of-E-Bikes-TAXSCAN.jpg "Leasing of E-Bikes without Operator Classifiable under Amended Tax Rate Notification at 18% GST: AAAR [Read Order]")
![No Addition can be made in the hands of Assessee based on Retracted Statements: ITAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Retracted-Statements-ITAT-Income-Tax-Act-1961-Income-Tax-Department-corroborative-evidence-Supreme-Court-ruling-Assessing-Officer-Rajasthan-High-Court-Taxscan.jpg "No Addition can be made in the hands of Assessee based on Retracted Statements: ITAT [Read Order]")
Bankers' Higher Salaries Justify Proportionate Tax Burden, No Arbitrariness: Bombay HC Upholds S. 17(2) Income Tax Amendment [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Bombay High Court stated that requiring higher-paid bank employees to bear a proportionately higher tax burden was justified and not violative of Article 14 of the...
![Bankers Higher Salaries Justify Proportionate Tax Burden, No Arbitrariness: Bombay HC Upholds S. 17(2) Income Tax Amendment [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Bombay-HC-Bombay-High-Court-Higher-Salaries-Tax-Burden-Income-Tax-Amendment-taxscan.jpg "Bankers Higher Salaries Justify Proportionate Tax Burden, No Arbitrariness: Bombay HC Upholds S. 17(2) Income Tax Amendment [Read Order]")
SC Orders ₹1,600 Crore Refund to Vodafone Idea, Slams Income Tax Dept for Negligence and Procedural Failures
The Supreme Court on Monday (20.01.2025) upheld a Bombay High Court order directing the Income Tax Department to refund Rs. 1,128 crore to Vodafone Idea Limited along with interest of Rs. 500 crore....
Supreme Court of India opens Applications for Law Clerk-cum-Research Associates from Young Advocates [Read Order]
The Supreme Court of India has announced a prestigious opportunity for young legal minds with the release of its advertisement for the engagement of Law Clerk-cum-Research Associates on a short-term...
Commission Paid to Non-Residents for Services Rendered Outside India Not Taxable Without PE: ITAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) ruled that commission payments made to non-residents for services rendered outside India are not taxable under the Income Tax Act, 1961,...
![Commission Paid to Non-Residents for Services Rendered Outside India Not Taxable Without PE: ITAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ITAT-Chennai-ITAT-taxable-Service-Non-Residents-for-Services-Taxscan.jpg "Commission Paid to Non-Residents for Services Rendered Outside India Not Taxable Without PE: ITAT [Read Order]")
Framing of Transfer Pricing Order against Non-Existent Entity not a Curable Defect: Delhi HC [Read Order]
In a significant ruling, the Delhi High Court on January 17, 2025, dismissed an appeal by the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax against Vedanta Limited, holding that framing a transfer pricing...
Government should provide Extra Staff to DRT when imposing Additional Workload to Prevent Disruption of Activities: Supreme Court [Read Judgement]
The Supreme Court of India recently advised the Central Government to allocate additional judicial staff for Debt Recovery Tribunals ( DRT ) when added workload is imposed on the Tribunals in...
Supreme Court directs Bail for Woman Charged for Non-Bailable Offence u/s 45(1), PMLA citing No Speedy Conclusion of Trial [Read Judgment]
The Supreme Court of India recently directed a Special Court to grant bail to a woman charged for non-bailable and cognizable offence, observing that the rigours of Section 45(1)(ii) of the...
