CESTAT Rulings


Conference hall renting to companies classifiable as 'Mandap Keeper' not 'Convention' service

Renting of Conference Hall ​for meetings / conferences / assembly to pharmaceutical ​and insurance companies, appropriately classified as ‘Mandap Keeper' Service; Rejects Revenue’...View More

Clarifies on industrial vs retail sale, gives assessee benefit of MRP valuation

Ceramic tiles cleared in retail packages to builders/real estate developers in bulk, not an institutional / industrial sale, hence duty liability on such goods to be discharged on basis of MRP u/s 4A ...View More

Denies duty remission to EOU against destroyed goods absent insurance 

CESTAT denies duty remission u/s 23 of Customs Act (Act) on indigenous and imported raw material destroyed / damaged by fire; Assessee, being an EOU, bound to strictly follow terms and conditions of l...View More

Depreciation available on capital goods de-bonding despite non-mention in Notification pre-2003 

CESTAT allows depreciation on de-bonding of capital goods procured indigenously / imported prior to 2003; Rejects Revenue’s contention that no benefit available absent depreciation norms in Noti...View More

Remote, smart card supplied free-of-cost by customer includible in set-top-box valuation

CESTAT rules in favour of Revenue, upholds excise duty demand on valuation of Set Top Box (STB) manufactured and supplied by assessee (Jabil Circuit); Cost of remote control, smart card and software, ...View More

'Noscitur A Socis' principle rescues Reliance, no ST on offshore vessels acquired pre-2010 

Service tax under reverse charge mechanism not applicable in respect of offshore supply of vessels used for exploration in Continental Shelf of India (CSI) and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), pre - Feb...View More

Pre-2006, fabrication / installation of steel structures for clients neither 'manufacture' nor 'BAS'

CESTAT rejects Revenue appeal, holds absent contract / agreement, 'repair and maintenance' activity not liable to service tax during period - June 2005 to March 2006; Further, sets aside service tax d...View More

Credit prima facie available against steel used in capital goods

CENVAT credit prima facie available on steel items used in capital goods (CG) post April 2011 in terms of amended Rule 2(k) of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004; Rejects Revenue’s contention that credit...View More

CENVAT credit prima-facie available when separate contracts entered for supply & erection

CENVAT credit on goods used in respect of transformers manufactured, erected and commissioned prima-facie available where separate contract executed for supply, erection and commissioning thereof; CEN...View More

Web Hosting prima facie classifiable as 'BSS', not 'ITSS'; Directs partial pre-deposit

Web Hosting Services used for marketing of products prima facie classifiable as ‘Business Support Service’ (BSS), not ‘Information Technology Software Services’ (ITSS)​ ...View More