![Final Assessment Pending on Provisionally Assessed Bills of Entry: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/17/2126042-cestatchennaijpg.webp "Final Assessment Pending on Provisionally Assessed Bills of Entry: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Duty Demand [Read Order]")
Final Assessment Pending on Provisionally Assessed Bills of Entry: CESTAT Sets Aside Customs Duty Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise andService Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside the customs demand with consequent penalty and...
![Reassessment Invalid If AO fails to Dispose Objections by Speaking Order: Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere With Karnataka HC Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/17/2126086-reassessment-invalid-ao-fails-dispose-objections-speaking-order-supreme-court-refuses-interfere-karnataka-hc-order.webp "Reassessment Invalid If AO fails to Dispose Objections by Speaking Order: Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere With Karnataka HC Order [Read Order]")
![ICAI Reprimands CA for Certifying AOC-4 with Unsigned Financial Statements [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/17/2126081-icai-ca-aoc-4-financial-statements-icai-reprimands-ca-certifying-aoc-4-icai-reprimand-taxscan.webp "ICAI Reprimands CA for Certifying AOC-4 with Unsigned Financial Statements [Read Order]")
![IICT Not Liable for Service Tax for Availing Consultation and Opinion from Designated Individuals: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/17/2126026-iict-not-liable-for-service-tax-for-availing-consultation-and-opinion-from-designated-individuals-cestat.webp "IICT Not Liable for Service Tax for Availing Consultation and Opinion from Designated Individuals: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Unauthenticated Electronic Data And Private Records Cannot Prove Clandestine Removal: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/17/2126019-unauthenticated-electronic-data-private-records-prove-clandestine-removal-cestat.webp "Unauthenticated Electronic Data And Private Records Cannot Prove Clandestine Removal: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Do Income Tax Officials get Unlimited power to Digital Space using AI? Finance Ministry answers [Read Lok Sabha Document]
With regards to the issue of access to digital space by the income tax officials, the Finance Ministry has clarified in the Lok Sabha that the newly introduced Section 247 of the Income-tax Act,...
![Do Income Tax Officials get Unlimited power to Digital Space using AI? Finance Ministry answers [Read Lok Sabha Document]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/17/2126031-do-income-tax-officials-get-unlimited-power-digital-space-using-ai-finance-ministry-answers-taxscan.webp "Do Income Tax Officials get Unlimited power to Digital Space using AI? Finance Ministry answers [Read Lok Sabha Document]")
₹5.39 Lakh Excise Duty Demand on Handling Charges Set Aside as SCN Held Time-Barred: CESTAT Allows Appeal on Limitation [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chandigarh Bench, set aside a demand of ₹5.39 lakh in excise duty, along with interest and penalty. after...
![₹5.39 Lakh Excise Duty Demand on Handling Charges Set Aside as SCN Held Time-Barred: CESTAT Allows Appeal on Limitation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/17/2126013-excise-duty-demand-handling-charges-scn-held-time-barred-itat-appeal-limitation-taxscan.webp "₹5.39 Lakh Excise Duty Demand on Handling Charges Set Aside as SCN Held Time-Barred: CESTAT Allows Appeal on Limitation [Read Order]")
Reporting Errors in Form MGT-7A : MCA Fines Company and its Directors under Small Company Rule [Read Order]
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs ( MCA ) has imposed a penalty on a company and its directors for errors and omissions in its annual return filing that is Form MGT-7A. The company, Shreekrishna Impex...
![Reporting Errors in Form MGT-7A : MCA Fines Company and its Directors under Small Company Rule [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/17/2126034-reporting-errors-form-mgt-7a-mca-fines-company-directors-under-small-company-rule.webp "Reporting Errors in Form MGT-7A : MCA Fines Company and its Directors under Small Company Rule [Read Order]")
MCA Penalises Company for not Timely Appointing Woman Director Post-Resignation of Earlier Director [Read Order]
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), has imposed penalties on Lava International Limited and its directors for failure to appoint a woman director within the prescribed time after the...
![MCA Penalises Company for not Timely Appointing Woman Director Post-Resignation of Earlier Director [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/17/2126037-mca-penalises-company-timely-appointing-woman-director-post-resignation-earlier-director-taxscan.webp "MCA Penalises Company for not Timely Appointing Woman Director Post-Resignation of Earlier Director [Read Order]")
Economic Offences Under CGST Do Not Automatically Justify Prolonged Custody:Allahabad HC Grants Bail to Chinese National [Read Order]
Upholding the position that economic offenses under the Goods andServices Tax Act do not require automatic or prolonged imprisonment the High Court of Allahabad has allowed bail to a Chinese national...
![Economic Offences Under CGST Do Not Automatically Justify Prolonged Custody:Allahabad HC Grants Bail to Chinese National [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/17/2126017-economic-offences-under-cgst-automatically-justify-prolonged-custody-allahabad-hc-taxscan.webp "Economic Offences Under CGST Do Not Automatically Justify Prolonged Custody:Allahabad HC Grants Bail to Chinese National [Read Order]")
AP HC quashes Combined Tax Notice against Uber India; Directs authorities to Issue Separate Notices for each FY [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Andhra Pradesh High Court set aside a Goods and Services Tax (GST) show cause notice (SCN) issued, holding that a single notice covering multiple financial years was...
![AP HC quashes Combined Tax Notice against Uber India; Directs authorities to Issue Separate Notices for each FY [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/17/2126005-ap-hc-quashes-combined-tax-notice-against-uber-india.webp "AP HC quashes Combined Tax Notice against Uber India; Directs authorities to Issue Separate Notices for each FY [Read Order]")
CSIR-IICT Providing Data to Private Entity as per Govt. Order Not Taxable under Scientific and Technical Consultancy Service: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Hyderabad Bench, held that the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology’s (IICT) provision of data to private entities in accordance...
![CSIR-IICT Providing Data to Private Entity as per Govt. Order Not Taxable under Scientific and Technical Consultancy Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/17/2125993-cestat-hyderabad-csir-iict-technical-consultancy-csir-iict-scientific-consultancy-service-technical-consultancy-service-taxscan.webp "CSIR-IICT Providing Data to Private Entity as per Govt. Order Not Taxable under Scientific and Technical Consultancy Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")