Mumbai, July 14 -- In a regulatory filing, the company disclosed that the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) on 11 November 2025 ruled in favour of Castrol India, rejecting MSTD's appeals for the assessment years 2007-08 to 2015-16 and for 2017-18.

The dispute centered around the taxability of goods transferred by Castrol from its Maharashtra-based plants and warehouses to clearing and forwarding agents (CFAs) in other states. The MSTD had claimed these movements amounted to inter-state sales made against pre-existing customer orders, liable for MVAT. Castrol India had contested the claim, asserting that the dispatches were not based on prior customer orders and adhered to a legally sound tax methodology.

The comp...