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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 3657 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 3153 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 20985 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 3342 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 96 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 117 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


No Limitation on Refund of Personal Ledger Accounts (PLA) deposit

August 14, 2022 4785 Views 0 comment Print

PLA deposits are deposits for utilisation in future & same is not duty to attract limitation provision of section 11B of Central Excise Act

Input arisen out of manufacture process or not is irrelevant for claiming Cenvat Credit

August 13, 2022 465 Views 0 comment Print

Appellant entitled to take CENVAT credit of duty paid on input. Question whether input arisen out of a process of manufacture is irrelevant.

Excise duty cannot be demanded for clandestine removal based on third party evidence

August 13, 2022 609 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that there shall be consonance between allegation levelled by Revenue and the records presented against the taxpayer. Further held that the allegation cannot be justified in absence of any admission from the assessee against the alleged clandestine transaction. Moreover, third party records and statement by Director of the Company cannot be used against the assessee for non-joinder of the parties.

Cenvat Credit not eligible on Sales commission: CESTAT Bangalore

August 10, 2022 1014 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Held that services of sales commission service don’t qualify as input service and accordingly Cenvat Credit on the same not available.

Excise not payable on freight paid towards transportation of goods from place of removal to buyer’s premises

August 6, 2022 1515 Views 0 comment Print

Held that freight incurred from the place of removal to the buyer’s premises is not includible in the assessable value and accordingly excise is not payable on the same.

Machine and DG sets under seal for more than two years is without jurisdiction

August 4, 2022 966 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the machine and two DG sets are under seal for more than two years. The impugned action of the department is wholly without jurisdiction for which the petitioner is liable to be compensated

Cenvat credit is eligible in respect of 2% CVD paid under notification no. 12/2012-Cus

August 4, 2022 1440 Views 0 comment Print

Commissioner of Central Excise And Customs, Central Goods And Service Tax Vs Shree Cement Ltd (CESTAT Delhi) Held that cenvat credit of 2% CVD paid under Notification No. 12/2012-Cus dated 17/03/2012 is eligible to the appellant. Facts- The issue involved in these Appeals is whether Cenvat credit of 2% CVD paid on import of steam […]

Govt increases Special Additional Excise Duty on production of Petroleum Crude

August 2, 2022 627 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to amend No. 18/2022-Central Excise, dated the 19th July, 2022 to increase the Special Additional Excise Duty on production of Petroleum Crude and exempt export of Aviation Turbine Fuel vide Notification  No. 22/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 02nd August, 2022 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi Notification  No. 22/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 02nd […]

Govt reduces Special Additional Excise Duty on Diesel

August 2, 2022 645 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to further amend No. 04/2022-Central Excise, dated the 30th June, 2022, to reduce the Special Additional Excise Duty on Diesel vide Notification  No. 21/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 2nd August, 2022 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi Notification  No. 21/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 02nd August, 2022 G.S.R. 613(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred […]

No Recovery of Central Excise Duty, Interest & Penalty without serving of Adjudication Order

July 31, 2022 1383 Views 0 comment Print

HC held that no recovery of Central Excise Duty, interest, and penalty can be made without service of adjudication order

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