March 30, 2026 : The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has upheld the levy of additional duty of customs equivalent to Rubber Cess on imported natural rubber, dismissing the appeal filed by M/s. Read more…
March 30, 2026 : The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that exemption under a customs notification cannot be claimed where the imported goods are expressly excluded and statutory conditions remain unfulfilled. The Read more…
March 30, 2026 : The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that a job worker is entitled to avail CENVAT credit on capital goods even where invoices are issued in the name Read more…
March 25, 2026 : The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has upheld the levy of service tax on amounts deducted by Consolidated Construction Consortium Ltd. (CCCL) from payments made to its sub-contractors, ruling Read more…
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the declared transaction value of imported second-hand machinery cannot be rejected and re-determined solely on the basis of a local Chartered Engineer’s certificate, in Read more…
March 24, 2026 : The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled in favour of Jindal Aluminium Ltd., holding that exemption under the ASEAN–India Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA) cannot be denied merely because Read more…
March 23, 2026 : The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal has ruled that under Rule 6(3A) of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, only common input credit used for both dutiable and exempted goods or Read more…
February 20, 2026 : In a significant ruling, the Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside a service tax demand of ₹29.90 crore raised against United India Insurance Co. Ltd., holding that Read more…
February 20, 2026 : The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that rent-a-cab services are not eligible for CENVAT credit under the amended definition of “input service” post 01 April 2011, while Read more…
February 20, 2026 : The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai Bench, has set aside a service tax demand of ₹10.98 crore raised against M/s Chettinad Lignite Transports Pvt. Ltd., holding that in the absence of any Read more…