![Plain Packaging Not Ground to Deny Concession Duty Under India-Singapore Trade Agreement: CESTAT Quashes Denial of Benefit for HDPE Granules [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/2112280-plain-packaging-not-ground-to-deny-concession-duty-under-india-singapore-trade-agreement-cestat-quashes-hdpe-granules-taxscan-.webp "Plain Packaging Not Ground to Deny Concession Duty Under India-Singapore Trade Agreement: CESTAT Quashes Denial of Benefit for HDPE Granules [Read Order]")
Plain Packaging Not Ground to Deny Concession Duty Under India-Singapore Trade Agreement: CESTAT Quashes Denial of Benefit for HDPE Granules [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that HDPE granules imported in plain bags cannot be denied...
![Opening Stock Must be Revalued by Same Method as used in Valuation of Closing Stock: ITAT to AO in Gopu Nandilath Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/2112261-opening-stock-revalued-valuation-closing-stock-itat-ao-gopu-nandilath-case-taxscan.webp "Opening Stock Must be Revalued by Same Method as used in Valuation of Closing Stock: ITAT to AO in Gopu Nandilath Case [Read Order]")
![Ex-Parte Order Served After Years: Madras HC Restores 2002 Sales Tax Appeal Citing Extraordinary Delay [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/2111376-ex-parte-order-served-after-years-madras-hc-restores-2002-sales-tax-appeal-citing-extraordinary-delay-taxscan.webp "Ex-Parte Order Served After Years: Madras HC Restores 2002 Sales Tax Appeal Citing Extraordinary Delay [Read Order]")
![Interlocutory Orders Merge with Final Dismissal, Cannot Be Used Independently: NCLAT Bars Extraction of Stray Findings from Dismissed Company Petition [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/13/2111927-interlocutory-orders-merge-final-dismissal-cannot-used-independently-nclat-bars-extraction-stray-findings-dismissed-company-petition-taxscan.webp "Interlocutory Orders Merge with Final Dismissal, Cannot Be Used Independently: NCLAT Bars Extraction of Stray Findings from Dismissed Company Petition [Read Order]")
Borrower’s Redemption u/s 13(8) of SARFEASI Act Prevails Over Unconfirmed Auction: Calcutta HC sets Aside Auction Purchaser’s Revision Against UCO Bank [Read Order]
The Calcutta High Court has held that a borrower’s statutory right of redemption under Section 13(8) of the SARFAESI Act prevails until the sale is confirmed and a sale certificate is issued, even...
![Borrower’s Redemption u/s 13(8) of SARFEASI Act Prevails Over Unconfirmed Auction: Calcutta HC sets Aside Auction Purchaser’s Revision Against UCO Bank [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/2112390-sarfeasi-act-prevails-over-unconfirmed-auction-taxscan.webp "Borrower’s Redemption u/s 13(8) of SARFEASI Act Prevails Over Unconfirmed Auction: Calcutta HC sets Aside Auction Purchaser’s Revision Against UCO Bank [Read Order]")
Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail to Journalist in Money Laundering Case, Bars him from Writing on Ongoing Proceedings [Read Order]
The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim bail to journalist Mahesh Langa in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with two FIRs alleging offences of ...
![Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail to Journalist in Money Laundering Case, Bars him from Writing on Ongoing Proceedings [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/2112386-supreme-court-grants-interim-bail-journalist-money-laundering-case-bars-taxscan.webp "Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail to Journalist in Money Laundering Case, Bars him from Writing on Ongoing Proceedings [Read Order]")
VAT Liability for IMFL On‑Shop Owners Statutory Since 2015: Gauhati HC Declines Stay on Circular [Read Order]
The Gauhati High Court has declined to grant interim relief to a group of IMFL On‑Shop owners who sought a stay on a circular dated 14 November 2025 issued by the Commissioner and Secretary to the...
![VAT Liability for IMFL On‑Shop Owners Statutory Since 2015: Gauhati HC Declines Stay on Circular [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/2112373-vat-liability-imfl-on-shop-owners-statutory-since-2015-gauhati-hc-stay-circular-taxscan.webp "VAT Liability for IMFL On‑Shop Owners Statutory Since 2015: Gauhati HC Declines Stay on Circular [Read Order]")
Revenue Cannot Rely on Call Book to Justify 9-Year Delay: Bombay HC Quashes Excise SCNs Linked to NPV Sales Tax Retention [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Bombay High Court observed that the Revenue could not rely on the Call Book to justify a delay of nearly nine years in adjudicating Excise show cause notices, as it defeats...
![Revenue Cannot Rely on Call Book to Justify 9-Year Delay: Bombay HC Quashes Excise SCNs Linked to NPV Sales Tax Retention [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/2112243-bombay-highcourt-taxscan.webp "Revenue Cannot Rely on Call Book to Justify 9-Year Delay: Bombay HC Quashes Excise SCNs Linked to NPV Sales Tax Retention [Read Order]")
Extended Limitation cannot Be Invoked for Audit-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand against Delphi Automotive [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that a show cause notice (SCN) issued on the basis of an audit cannot justify invocation of the extended...
![Extended Limitation cannot Be Invoked for Audit-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand against Delphi Automotive [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/2110990-extended-limitation-invoked-audit-based-demand-cestat-quashes-excise-duty-demand-delphi-automotive-taxscan.webp "Extended Limitation cannot Be Invoked for Audit-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand against Delphi Automotive [Read Order]")
Peanut Butter Classified as Similar to Margarine: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹1.35Cr Cenvat Credit Demand While Upholding Credit Reversal on Written-Off Inputs [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) partly allowed the appeal, holding that peanut butter is an “edible preparation similar to margarine,” making...
![Peanut Butter Classified as Similar to Margarine: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹1.35Cr Cenvat Credit Demand While Upholding Credit Reversal on Written-Off Inputs [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/2111269-peanut-butter-margarine-cestat-cenvat-credit-demand-credit-reversal-written-off-inputs-taxscan.webp "Peanut Butter Classified as Similar to Margarine: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹1.35Cr Cenvat Credit Demand While Upholding Credit Reversal on Written-Off Inputs [Read Order]")
![DGFT Exempts Diamond Imprest Authorisation Imports from IGST, Duties & Compensation Cess [Read Circular]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/2111348-dgft-exempts-diamond-imprest-authorisation-imports-igst-duties-compensation-cess-taxscan.webp "DGFT Exempts Diamond Imprest Authorisation Imports from IGST, Duties & Compensation Cess [Read Circular]")