![No Service Tax on Offshore Seismic Surveys Conducted Beyond 12 Nautical Miles of Indian Waters: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/17/500x300_2105942-service-tax-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Offshore Seismic Surveys Conducted Beyond 12 Nautical Miles of Indian Waters: CESTAT [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Offshore Seismic Surveys Conducted Beyond 12 Nautical Miles of Indian Waters: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) at New Delhi recently affirmed that no service tax may be...
![CESTAT Dismisses Department’s Appeal Challenging Revocation of Customs Broker Licence Suspension as Infructuous [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/17/250x150_2106011-customs-brocker-licence.webp "CESTAT Dismisses Department’s Appeal Challenging Revocation of Customs Broker Licence Suspension as Infructuous [Read Order]")
![Discrepancy Between Statements and Bills of Entry Cannot Be a Ground to Reject Genuine Bills of Entry: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/250x150_2106201-bill-of-entry-taxscan.webp "Discrepancy Between Statements and Bills of Entry Cannot Be a Ground to Reject Genuine Bills of Entry: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Company Cannot Utilise Private Placement Funds Before Filing Return of Allotment in E- Form PAS-3: MCA [Read Notification]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/250x150_2107114-mca-placement-e-form-pas-3-taxscan.webp "Company Cannot Utilise Private Placement Funds Before Filing Return of Allotment in E- Form PAS-3: MCA [Read Notification]")
Service of Notice before Income Tax Reassessment is Mandatory: Jharkhand HCC Quashes Penalty u/s 271(1)(b) [Read Order]
The Jharkhand High Court has held that valid service of notice is a mandatory jurisdictional requirement before initiating reassessment proceedings under the Income Tax Act, 1961, and quashed the...
![Service of Notice before Income Tax Reassessment is Mandatory: Jharkhand HCC Quashes Penalty u/s 271(1)(b) [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/500x300_2107097-income-tax-reassessment-taxscan.webp "Service of Notice before Income Tax Reassessment is Mandatory: Jharkhand HCC Quashes Penalty u/s 271(1)(b) [Read Order]")
![Minutes Not Serially Numbered: MCA Imposes Rs. 40k Penalty on Company [Read Notification]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/500x300_2107085-mca-penalty-minutes-not-serially-numbered-mca-imposes-penalty-on-company-taxscan.webp "Minutes Not Serially Numbered: MCA Imposes Rs. 40k Penalty on Company [Read Notification]")
![Failure to File CHG-1 after Creation/Modification of Charge attracts Penalty: MCA [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/500x300_2107095-mca-file-chg-1-penalty-failure-to-file-chg-1-taxscan.webp "Failure to File CHG-1 after Creation/Modification of Charge attracts Penalty: MCA [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Installation Expenses w/o Evidence of Commission Agent being Reimbursed by Principals: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Regional Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) recently held that no service tax demand on installation-related expenditure can be raised to a...
![No Service Tax on Installation Expenses w/o Evidence of Commission Agent being Reimbursed by Principals: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/17/500x300_2105995-customs-excise-service-tax-appellate-tribunal-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Installation Expenses w/o Evidence of Commission Agent being Reimbursed by Principals: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT Rules Excavation and Manpower Services for Dam Construction Exempted from Service Tax [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed the appeal by setting aside the service tax demand, holding the authorities wrongly classified the...
![CESTAT Rules Excavation and Manpower Services for Dam Construction Exempted from Service Tax [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/15/500x300_2105567-no-service-tax-exemptionformation-construction-dam-cestat-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules Excavation and Manpower Services for Dam Construction Exempted from Service Tax [Read Order]")
Merely Agents and Not Suppliers: Calcutta HC Quashes GST Appellate Order for Non-Application of Mind [Read Order]
The Calcutta High Court quashed a Goods and Services Tax (GST) Appellate Order noting that the petitioners, against whom the order was passed were merely agents of the supplier and not the suppliers...
![Merely Agents and Not Suppliers: Calcutta HC Quashes GST Appellate Order for Non-Application of Mind [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/500x300_2107062-calcutta-hc-gst-appallate-order-non-application-taxscan.webp "Merely Agents and Not Suppliers: Calcutta HC Quashes GST Appellate Order for Non-Application of Mind [Read Order]")