https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=75168 The Appellate Tribunal CESTAT, Chennai granted unconditional waiver of pre-deposit of service tax, interest, and penalties amounting to Rs. 23,70,189/- for mining activities conducted before 1-6-2007. Relying on a CBEC Circular and precedent from a similar case, the Tribunal found the activities akin to mining operations exempt from service tax pre-2007. The Tribunal stayed recovery of disputed amounts, allowing the appellants to proceed with the appeal without making the pre-deposit. This decision provided relief to the appellants concerning the service tax demand for their pre-2007 mining activities. en-us Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=75168 The Appellate Tribunal CESTAT, Chennai granted unconditional waiver of pre-deposit of service tax, interest, and penalties amounting to Rs. 23,70,189/- for mining activities conducted before 1-6-2007. Relying on a CBEC Circular and precedent from a similar case, the Tribunal found the activities akin to mining operations exempt from service tax pre-2007. The Tribunal stayed recovery of disputed amounts, allowing the appellants to proceed with the appeal without making the pre-deposit. This decision provided relief to the appellants concerning the service tax demand for their pre-2007 mining activities. Case-Laws Service Tax Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=75168