Service Tax Judgements

The CESTAT, Ahmedabad in the case of M/s.Sophisticated Instrumentation v. C.C.E & S.T.-Vadodara-I [Service Tax Appeal No. 11477 of 2013 dated September 22, 2023], allowed the appeal and ruled that the assessee is a charitable trust and not covered un

The CESTAT, Ahmedabad in the case of M/s.Natural Petrochemicals Private Limited vs. C.C.E & S.T, Rajkot [Final Order No. A/12059/2023 dated September 18, 2023] has ruled that the assessee was aware of the chargeability of service tax upon the commiss

The CESTAT, Bangalore in M/s. Sun Microsystems (I) Pvt. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax, LTU [Service Tax Appeal No. 449 of 2009 dated June 28, 2023] set aside the demand order passed by the Adjudicating Authority and held that,

The CESTAT, Mumbai in M/s. Hiranandani Builders v. Commissioner of Service Tax-VII, Mumbai [Service Tax Appeal No. 86258 of 2016 dated August 28, 2023] set aside the demand order and held that, the Revenue Department does not have authority of law to

The CESTAT, Ahmedabad in Akshar Travels v. C.C.E. & S.T.-Daman [Service Tax Appeal No. 263 of 2012-DB dated August 17, 2023] ruled that, use of motor vehicle for transportation of school children is clearly different from rent-a-cab service, hence no

The CESTAT, Ahmedabad in M/s. Jivan Jyot Motors Pvt Ltd. [Service Tax Appeal No. 13811 of 2014-DB dated July 24, 2023] set aside the order passed by the Adjudicating Authority and held that no service tax can be demanded where Value Added Tax (VAT) w

The CESTAT, Chennai in M/S. Hotel Shreelekha Regency Limited [Service Tax Appeal No. 40073 of 2014 dated July 14, 2023] set aside the order demanding service tax on rental property and held that, income received from rent by assessee is not subject t

The CESTAT, Mumbai in Konkan Railway Corporation Limited v. Commissioner of Service Tax[Service Tax Appeal No. 87709 of 2019 dated June 22, 2023] set aside the order passed by the Commissioner by observing that assessee is 'a deemed to be a railway c

The CESTAT, Ahmedabad in M/s. Aegis Limited v. Commissioner of Central Excise & ST, Surat-I [Service Tax Appeal No. 13528 of 2013-DB dated June 09, 2023] held that services which were consumed outside India, the out of scope of service tax and any ta

The CESTAT, New Delhi in Sowar Pvt. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Service Tax [Final Order No. 50607 Of 2023 dated March 29,2023] held that assessee has not received any consideration for providing corporate guarantee and hence no service tax is payable by