CESTAT Rulings


Revenue can't combine supply & construction contracts, Relies on Mahindra ruling 

Absent evidence, two separate contracts for supply and construction cannot be held as artificially bifurcated to escape service tax liability under Works Contract Composition Scheme; Sets aside Adjudi...View More

Holds 'coal fly ash' removal from captive power plant as CENVATable service 

Activity of removal of coal fly ash, a necessity for running Captive Power Plant (CPP); Power plant cannot operate without removal of coal fly ash, and without generation of power in CPP, manufacturin...View More

Foreign export agents' services revenue-neutral, taxable as BAS but credit available 

Canvassing of export orders by foreign agents on commission basis, a ‘business auxiliary service’ (BAS) in terms of Sec. 65(19)(i) of Finance Act; Accepts Revenue’s contention that s...View More

Trader's loss can't reduce job worker's duty liability 

Trader's loss cannot result in reduction of assessable value in job worker's hands, just as trader's profit cannot form part of assessable value; Rejects assessee’s claim that valuation in case ...View More

Denies input credit against Bill of Entry's photocopy 

Denies credit of additional customs duty availed against photocopy of bill of entry on imports through courier; Rejects assessee's reliance on Chennai Tribunal ruling in Controls & Drives Coimbato...View More

Penalty imposable on partial payment of interest post issuance of show-cause 

Penalty leviable where part of interest (on delayed service tax payment) not paid before issue of show cause notice; Reverses Commissioner (Appeals) interpretation of Tribunal ruling in Nischint Engin...View More

Service tax credit on cement transportation for repair of mines available 

Allows credit of Goods Transport Agency services for transportation of cement into factory premises; Rejects Revenue's contention that credit not available as cement not an eligible input; Holds such ...View More

No penalty on co-noticees if proceedings concluded against manufacturer/assessee 

Upholds Appellate Commissioner's order dropping penal proceedings against co-noticees on conclusion of proceedings against manufacturer/assessee; Words "other persons" appearing in proviso to Sec. 11A...View More

No interest & penalty on credit wrongly availed but not utilized, pre-2012

No Interest payable for CENVAT credit wrongly availed, which stands reversed, before utilization; Credit reversed before removal, remains only a book entry, as no benefit taken thereof; Relies on rati...View More

Urges lower authorities to follow Tribunal judgments, binding Board circulars 

Proportionate reversal of credit not required for subsequent reduction in value of goods though discount; Relies on Board Circular dated November 17, 2008 and coordinate bench rulings on the settled m...View More