April 17, 2026 : The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside a demand of ₹3.63 crore raised against The India Cements Ltd., holding that CENVAT credit cannot be denied merely because Read more…
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April 1, 2026 : The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Hyderabad Bench, has held that loading of goods onto trucks for transportation to customers qualifies as “cargo handling service” (CHS) and is liable to service tax even Read more…
March 30, 2026 : The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Kolkata Bench, has set aside a service tax demand of ₹6,25,706 raised against M/s Radiant Advertising & Marketing (India) Pvt. Ltd., holding that the extended period of 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…
March 20, 2026 : In a significant ruling, the Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi has held that refund of excess service tax paid due to inadvertent error cannot be denied on Read more…
February 19, 2026 : The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that an appeal cannot be dismissed as time-barred merely on the assumption that an order was served, when the Department fails Read more…
February 03, 2026 : The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that CENVAT credit distributed through an Input Service Distributor (ISD) cannot be denied to a manufacturing unit merely because the related Read more…
December 4, 2025 : The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has reiterated that recovery proceedings under Section 11A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 can be initiated only against the person chargeable with Read more…