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Excise Duty Cut on Petrol and Diesel: A Bold Governance Move Amid War

Excise Duty : India reduced excise duty on petrol and diesel to offset rising global crude prices due to geopolitical tensions. The move aimed t...

March 27, 2026 3654 Views 0 comment Print

Notes on Health Security se National Security (HSsNS) Cess Act, 2025

Excise Duty : Health Security & National Security (HSNS) Cess Act, 2025 introduces a standalone statutory cess aimed at funding national health ...

January 18, 2026 3150 Views 1 comment Print

Interest on Excise Duty Not Payable in Revenue-Neutral Situations: Calcutta HC

Excise Duty : The Court upheld the Tribunal’s view that interest cannot be levied when duty paid is fully creditable to downstream units. It c...

January 16, 2026 729 Views 0 comment Print

Bought-Out Items Excluded from Excise Value for CKD Plant Supplies: SC

Excise Duty : The Court held that duty-paid items supplied directly to site are not includible when the final plant is immovable. The key takeaw...

December 17, 2025 585 Views 0 comment Print

Central Excise Act 2025: Reshapes Tobacco Taxation Landscape

Excise Duty : Discover how the Central Excise (Amendment) Act, 2025 revamps tobacco taxation, introducing steep excise duties on cigarettes, che...

December 17, 2025 20982 Views 2 comments Print


Latest News


CBI Court Sentences Ex-Central Excise Officer

Excise Duty : CBI Court in Siliguri sentences former Central Excise Superintendent to four years RI and Rs. 40,000 fine in a bribery case regist...

February 28, 2026 3529 Views 0 comment Print

Central Excise and Service Tax Inspector Jailed for Disproportionate Assets

Excise Duty : A special court imposed five years’ rigorous imprisonment and heavy fines after finding assets far beyond known income. The ruli...

January 7, 2026 537 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs for Health Security se National Security (HSNS) Cess Act, 2026 & HSNS Cess Rules, 2026

Excise Duty : The FAQs confirm that cess is computed on maximum rated machine speed rather than actual production. This ensures certainty in tax...

January 5, 2026 3339 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Machine-Based levy in case of Chewing Tobacco, Jarda Scented Tobacco & Gutkha

Excise Duty : The FAQs clarify how excise duty on chewing tobacco, jarda, and gutkha will be levied based on packing machine capacity rather tha...

January 4, 2026 1908 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Guidelines for Online Filing of Appeals

Excise Duty : CESTAT issues instructions for e-filing appeals, detailing registration, filing process, documents, fees, and compliance with Proc...

October 1, 2025 3591 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CENVAT Credit Demand Set Aside as Export Turnover Cannot Be Included in Exempted Turnover

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chennai held that exports made under Notification No. 30/2004-CE and the DEPB scheme cannot be included in exempted turnove...

June 8, 2026 87 Views 0 comment Print

Excise Penalty Quashed as Duty and Interest Were Paid Before Show Cause Notice

Excise Duty : The Tribunal held that the show cause notice issued more than three years after the Department became aware of the facts was time-...

June 7, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows Appeal as Export Turnover Cannot Be Added for Rule 6 Credit Reversal

Excise Duty : CESTAT held that where the value of goods sent for job work had already been considered for credit reversal purposes, including it...

June 5, 2026 324 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows Appeals as Manufacturer & Marketing Company Were Not Related Persons

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chandigarh held that the manufacturer and marketing company could not be treated as related persons under the Central Excis...

June 5, 2026 87 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows Appeal as Manufacturer & Marketing Company Were Not Related Persons

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chandigarh held that the manufacturer and marketing company could not be treated as related persons under the Central Excis...

June 5, 2026 111 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Lakshadweep Introduces New Excise Law to Regulate Liquor Trade and Consumption

Excise Duty : The Lakshadweep Excise Regulation, 2026 establishes a comprehensive framework for licensing, manufacture, sale, transport, and con...

June 6, 2026 219 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Revises ATF Export Duty Rate From 1 June 2026

Excise Duty : Notification No. 25/2026 revises SAED on ATF exports to Rs 9.5 per litre with effect from 1 June 2026; domestic petrol and diesel ...

May 30, 2026 186 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Revises SAED Rates on Petrol and Diesel Exports WEF 1st June 2026

Excise Duty : Notification No. 24/2026 revises SAED rates on petrol and diesel exports from 1 June 2026, setting duty at Rs 1.5 and Rs 13.5 per ...

May 30, 2026 210 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Raises SAED on ATF Exports to Rs. 16 per Litre from 16 May 2026

Excise Duty : CBIC revised SAED on ATF exports to Rs. 16 per litre effective 16 May 2026, impacting aviation fuel exporters and export duty cost...

May 15, 2026 336 Views 0 comment Print

SAED on Petrol and Diesel Exports Revised from 16 May 2026

Excise Duty : The Ministry of Finance amended the central excise notification issued in March 2026 by revising rates applicable to specified goo...

May 15, 2026 483 Views 0 comment Print


Flexible Windfall Tax

January 11, 2023 2196 Views 0 comment Print

Taxing unexpected profits earned due to windfalls of war, pandemic, or other unforeseen events: learn all about Windfall Tax. Optimize for Flexible Windfall Tax!

Central excise cannot move against legal heirs of a deceased person to recover penalty

January 10, 2023 5487 Views 0 comment Print

Commissioner of CGST And Central Excise Vs Ashirwad Foundries Private Limited And Anr (Calcutta High Court) Whether central excise can move against legal heirs of a deceased person to recover the penalty imposed under  Act. The Division bench of Calcutta High Court in this case was dealing with an important matter where the Department filed […]

After 30.06.2017 Cenvat credit arising out of legacy shall be refunded to assessee in cash

January 8, 2023 1797 Views 0 comment Print

Gabriel India Limited Vs Commissioner, Central Goods & Service Tax and Central Excise (CESTAT Delhi) w.e.f. 01.07.2017, the Government of India had introduced GST regime which has replaced earlier Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 with transitional period of 30 days. Accordingly, after 30.07.2017, no assessee is permitted to avail credit in the cenvat credit account. As […]

Date of service and not dispatch is to be considered for period of limitation

January 7, 2023 3183 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that period of limitation should be calculated from the date when the order was served and not from the date when order was dispatched.

Benefit of notification no. 67/95-CE available as additional premise is extension of factory

January 5, 2023 1329 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that benefit of notification no. 67/95-CE duly available on transfer of goods to additional premise as additional premise is an extension of factory of the appellant.

Interest liability is appended on confirmation of differential duty

January 5, 2023 1308 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai held that confirmation of differential duty necessarily has interest liability appended to it Accordingly liability to pay interest on duties short-paid at the time of clearance of goods for captive consumption does not get erased.

Cenvat credit of service tax paid during setting up of factory is duly available

January 4, 2023 1245 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held the eligible cenvat credit of service tax paid during setting up of the factory is duly available as without use of such service the appellant could not have possibly manufactured the excisable goods.

Demand under Pan Masala Packing Machines Rules unsustainable as number of machines remained same after replacement

January 4, 2023 1545 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai held that demand under the provisions of Pan Masala Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Collection of Duty) Rules, 2008 unsustainable as number of installed machines before and after replacement of machines remained same.

Exemption notification has to be read as a whole & benefit not eligible if condition not fulfilled 

January 4, 2023 2835 Views 0 comment Print

Godrej Consumer Products Limited Vs Union of India (Jammu & Kashmir High Court) In the present case, impugned Notifications are lucid and eloquent and need not be interpreted or construed in the way and manner the petitioner intends and chooses to and as a result whereof, writ petition qua impugned Notifications is liable to be […]

CESTAT directs Adjudicating Authority to pass a speaking order

January 3, 2023 1161 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT restore the matter to the file of the Adjudicating Authority who shall pass a speaking order as per law after granting reasonable opportunities to the appellant and since the matter pertains to an earlier period which has travelled twice before this forum, the Adjudicating Authority shall pass a de novo order within a time-frame of 90 days from the date of receipt of this order by the respective Commissionerate.

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