CESTAT Rulings


'Tax payment' crucial for WCT composition entitlement; Denies benefit against advance received 

CESTAT grants composition scheme benefit against services rendered after introduction of ‘works contract service’ category w.e.f. June 1, 2007, though contract entered prior to such date; ...View More

Upholds demand; Non-Compete / trademark fee 'additional consideration' from buyer, includible in assessable value 

Non-compete and trademark license fees received from buyer (a joint venture company) includible in assessable value of toilet soaps manufactured and sold by assessee, under Rule 5 of Central Excise Va...View More

Treats units within same premise as separate factories for duty exemption purpose 

CESTAT dismisses Revenue appeal, treats two units within same premise with common facilities, sales tax registration and PAN as separate factories for excise duty exemption purpose; Revenue’s co...View More

Commercial propane a 'liquefied petroleum gas'; End-use irrelevant for concessional duty benefit 

CESTAT dismisses Revenue appeal, allows concessional countervailing duty (CVD) benefit on 'Commercial Propane' imported and cleared as Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in terms of Notification No. 4/2006...View More

Quashes demand; Township land development neither 'complex construction service' nor 'works contract' 

Development of land owned by Housing Corporation for township neither taxable as ‘construction of complex service’ nor ‘works contract’; Construction of roads, laying of sewer ...View More

Residential apartment construction a 'works contract service' post June 2007; Prior classification irrelevant 

CESTAT allows re-classification of residential apartment construction activity as ‘works contract service’ after its introduction w.e.f. June 2007; Where any activity involving constructio...View More

Fitting body on vehicle chassis for principal 'job-work', not 'sale'; Rule 10A applicable 

Manufacture of motor vehicles by fitting body on chassis supplied by Tata Motors Ltd free of cost, assessable under Rule 10A of Central Excise Valuation Rules, as ‘job-work’; Interprets Ru...View More

Grants SAD refund; Invoice endorsement not required for sale to unregistered buyer 

CESTAT grants 4% SAD refund against sale of imported stainless steel under Notification No. 102/2007; Sale to buyer not registered under Central Excise amounts to fulfilment of ‘credit non-avail...View More

State seed certification agency's activities not statutory function, liable to service tax 

Fees charged for certification of seeds produced as per Seeds Act / Rules, liable to service tax under ‘Technical Inspection and Certification Service’; Rejects assessee (a State Seed Cert...View More

'Onshore Terminal' for gas extraction not 'Transport Terminal'; Construction service exclusion unavailable 

“Onshore terminals” for gas transportation not ‘transport terminal’ falling within exclusionary clause of “Commercial and Industrial Construction Service” u/s 65(25...View More