![No Service Tax on Blasting & Quarrying for Road Works: CESTAT says Registration not required when No Tax Payable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/17/2120246-service-tax-blasting-road-works-registration-tax-payable-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Blasting & Quarrying for Road Works: CESTAT says Registration not required when No Tax Payable [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Blasting & Quarrying for Road Works: CESTAT says Registration not required when No Tax Payable [Read Order]
Blasting, quarrying and allied activities conducted for road construction are not liable to Service Tax, held by the Customs, Excise & Service...
![None appeared for Hearing Despite Multiple Notices: Chhattisgarh HC Refuses to Quash ₹1.37 Cr Personal Penalty under GST [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/17/2120238-hearing-multiple-notices-chhattisgarh-hc-quash-personal-penalty-under-gst-taxscan.webp "None appeared for Hearing Despite Multiple Notices: Chhattisgarh HC Refuses to Quash ₹1.37 Cr Personal Penalty under GST [Read Order]")
![Betel Nut Smuggling: Calcutta HC Holds Seizure Memo not Invalid for Lack of Detailed Reasons when Prima Facie Grounds Exist [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/17/2120234-calcutta-high-court-betel-nut-betel-nut-smuggling-smuggling-case-smuggling-seizure-memo-betel-nut-smuggling-calcutta-high-court-ruling-taxscan.webp "Betel Nut Smuggling: Calcutta HC Holds Seizure Memo not Invalid for Lack of Detailed Reasons when Prima Facie Grounds Exist [Read Order]")
![Agent’ u/s 65(7) Not Equivalent to ‘Legal Heir Status: Orissa HC Rules Service Tax against Dead Person Not Tenable in Eye of Law [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/17/2120220-agent-us-657-not-equivalent-to-legal-heir-status-orissa-hc-rules-service-tax-against-dead-person-not-tenable-in-eye-of-law-taxscan.webp "Agent’ u/s 65(7) Not Equivalent to ‘Legal Heir Status: Orissa HC Rules Service Tax against Dead Person Not Tenable in Eye of Law [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand Cannot be Raised Merely on Accounting Differences Without Identifying Taxable Service: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that service tax demand cannot be raised merely based on differences in accounting records unless the...
![Service Tax Demand Cannot be Raised Merely on Accounting Differences Without Identifying Taxable Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/17/2120218-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Cannot be Raised Merely on Accounting Differences Without Identifying Taxable Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
DGFT Mandates Inclusion of GSTIN and GST Invoice Details in Amended e-BRC for Exporters [Read Notification]
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued a public notice dated 09 January 2026, introducing changes to the format of the Electronic Bank Realisation Certificate (e-BRC) required to...
![DGFT Mandates Inclusion of GSTIN and GST Invoice Details in Amended e-BRC for Exporters [Read Notification]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/17/2120216-dgft-mandates-inclusion-gstin-gst-invoice-details-amended-e-brc-taxscan.webp "DGFT Mandates Inclusion of GSTIN and GST Invoice Details in Amended e-BRC for Exporters [Read Notification]")
FinMin Amalgamates 20 RRBs into 8 Consolidated Entities in 6 States under Union Bank, PNB, SBI, BoB, Canara & Indian Bank [Read Notification]
The changes are slated to streamline the regional banking sector across the 6 states and strengthen credit delivery. The Department of Financial Services of the Ministry of Finance has notified...
![FinMin Amalgamates 20 RRBs into 8 Consolidated Entities in 6 States under Union Bank, PNB, SBI, BoB, Canara & Indian Bank [Read Notification]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/17/2120217-union-bank-punjab-national-bank-state-bank-of-india-bank-of-baroda-canara-bank-regional-rural-banks-indian-bank-rrb-amalgamation-2025-pnb-rrb-amalgamation-sbi-rrb-merger-union-bank-rrbs-taxscan.webp "FinMin Amalgamates 20 RRBs into 8 Consolidated Entities in 6 States under Union Bank, PNB, SBI, BoB, Canara & Indian Bank [Read Notification]")
SCN & Adjudication Order Not Properly Served, Returned “Unclaimed”: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a service tax demand cannot be sustained when the department fails to prove proper delivery of the...
![SCN & Adjudication Order Not Properly Served, Returned “Unclaimed”: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/17/2120214-scn-adjudication-order-not-properly-served-returned-unclaime-cestat-sets-aside-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "SCN & Adjudication Order Not Properly Served, Returned “Unclaimed”: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
GST Appellate Authority Cannot Enhance Tax without notifying Assessee: Calcutta HC sets Aside added Demand [Read Order]
The Calcutta High Court has decided that the GST ( Goods and ServicesTax ) appellate authority cannot increase the tax liability without intimating the assessee. In the present matter,...
![GST Appellate Authority Cannot Enhance Tax without notifying Assessee: Calcutta HC sets Aside added Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/17/2120203-gst-appellate-authority-cannot-enhance-tax-without-notifying-assessee-calcutta-hc-sets-aside-added-demand-taxscan.webp "GST Appellate Authority Cannot Enhance Tax without notifying Assessee: Calcutta HC sets Aside added Demand [Read Order]")
Hiring Global Speakers for Media Summit Does Not Constitute ‘Event Management Service’: Supreme Court [Read Judgement]
The Supreme Court of India ruled that contracts entered into for hiring global speakers for a media summit do not amount to taxable “event management service” under the Finance Act, 1994, and that...
![Hiring Global Speakers for Media Summit Does Not Constitute ‘Event Management Service’: Supreme Court [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/16/2120146-hiring-global-speakers-media-summit-constitute-event-management-service-supreme-court-taxscan.webp "Hiring Global Speakers for Media Summit Does Not Constitute ‘Event Management Service’: Supreme Court [Read Judgement]")
Blasting Services for Digging Wells for Farmers Qualify as Agricultural Services: CESTAT Sets Aside Tax Demand [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that blasting services used for digging wells for farmers qualify as agricultural services. ...
![Blasting Services for Digging Wells for Farmers Qualify as Agricultural Services: CESTAT Sets Aside Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/16/2120141-blasting-services-digging-wells-farmers-qualify-agricultural-services-cestat-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Blasting Services for Digging Wells for Farmers Qualify as Agricultural Services: CESTAT Sets Aside Tax Demand [Read Order]")