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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


Special Additional Excise Duty on export of Diesel increase to Rs. 12 per litre

August 31, 2022 1956 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC further amends Notification No. 04/2022-Central Excise, dated the 30th June, 2022 , to increase the Special Additional Excise Duty on export of Diesel to Rs. 12 per litre vide Notification No. 27/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 31st August, 2022 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi Notification No. 27/2022-Central Excise | Dated: […]

CBIC increases SAED on production of Petroleum Crude & export of Aviation Turbine Fuel

August 31, 2022 2226 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC amends Notification No. 18/2022-Central Excise, dated the 19th July, 2022 to increase the Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on production of Petroleum Crude to Rs. 13,300 per tonne and increase Special Additional Excise Duty on export of Aviation Turbine Fuel to Rs. 9 per litre vide Notification No. 26/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 31st August, […]

CBIC revises SAED on Aviation Turbine Fuel to Rs. 12 per litre

August 31, 2022 1773 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC amends  eighth schedule to the Finance Act, 2002 to revise  Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on Aviation Turbine Fuel to  Rs. 12 per litre vide Notification No. 25/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 31st August, 2022. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi Notification No. 25/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 31st August, 2022 […]

Cleaning of waste oil to get reclaimed fuel oil not amounts to manufacture

August 29, 2022 1101 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the process of cleaning of waste oil to yield reclaimed fuel oil does not amount to manufacture as defined under Section 2(f) of the Central Excise Act, 1944 not liable to duty.

 NCLAT dismisses appeal of Tax department for casual attitude & non-prosecution

August 28, 2022 423 Views 0 comment Print

Excise and Taxation Department Vs Allied Strips Ltd. & Anr. (NCLAT) This case has been called out after a pass over but no one has put in appearance on behalf of the Appellant. It seems that the Appellant is not interested in pursuing this appeal though a claim has been set up of an amount […]

Relief under SVLDRS depends on amount in arrears of duty

August 28, 2022 1095 Views 0 comment Print

Held that action of Designated Committee by first deducting the amount of deposit made by petitioners during enquiry, investigation or audit and, thereafter, extending relief to the petitioners by computing the amount of tax due on the outstanding amount, is not as per the mandate of the Scheme.

Invocation of longer period without specifying suppression of facts is unsustainable

August 27, 2022 834 Views 0 comment Print

Held that longer period of limitation cannot be invoked on the ground that no specific instance of suppression of facts was proved against the assessee.

Inordinate delay in adjudication of show cause notice not sustainable

August 27, 2022 2883 Views 0 comment Print

Held that impugned show cause notice cannot sustain as there has been an inordinate delay in adjudication of the same.

CESTAT allows refund of excise duty Paid as EOU before conversion to DTA unit

August 26, 2022 624 Views 0 comment Print

Ercon Composites Vs Union of India (Rajasthan High Court) Shorn of legal technicalities what emerges is that the petitioner as a 100% EOU would have made purchases of raw material and inputs from the local market without payment of excise duty as well as not born duty on final product manufactured by it on a […]

CESTAT allows Refund claim of unutilised CENVAT Credit of Pre-GST regime

August 26, 2022 2004 Views 0 comment Print

Appellant entitled to get cash refund against CENVAT Credit available to its credit during pre GST regime under Section 142(3) of CGST Act

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