- SC : Ink & chemicals used in lottery-ticket-printing under works-contract taxable as 'sale'; Finds tangible transfer
- SC : Upholds ITC benefit for purchaser-dealer despite selling-dealer's failure to deposit tax
- SC permits DRI probe into goods transshipped from Pakistan; Suspends HC’s SCN deadline
- SC dismisses Revenue’s SLP on dropping Rs. 125 cr service-tax demand over Airtel’s call free allowance
- SC : Upholds Cadbury's ‘Perk’ classification as ‘Wafer Biscuit’ entitled for concessional duty-rate; Dismisses Revenue’s appeal
Finance Ministry extends video conferencing facility for conduct of personal hearings by all adjudicators and appellate authorities in regard to proceedings under erstwhile regime (Central Excise, Service Tax, Customs ) as well as for CGST/SGST/IGST ; Clarifies that virtual hearing mode is mandatory for various authorities such as Commissioner (Appeals), Original Adjudicating Authorities and Compounding Authoritiy to conduct personal hearing, in respect of any proceedings under the Customs Act, 1972, Central Excise Act, 1944 and Chapter V of Finance Act, 1994 as also to proceedings under CGST Act, 2017, SGST Act, 2017 and the IGST Act, 2017; Supersedes instruction dated April 27, 2020 : CBIC Instruction
Click here to read/download CBIC Instruction dated August 21, 2020.




