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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


Electricity generated from Waste Gas cannot be classified HSN 2716

July 22, 2022 1530 Views 0 comment Print

HC held that electricity generated from Waste Gas cannot be classified under chapter heading 2716 and hence, cannot be said to be exempted goods, since not excisable goods so as to warrant reversal of credit

Duty equal to cenvat credit availed not payable on capital goods cleared after put to use

July 21, 2022 1824 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the machines which are cleared after utilization cannot be treated as machines cleared as such. Accordingly, duty equal to cenvat credit not payable as prescribed under rule 3(5) of CCR, 2004

Pending government dues cannot be recovered from property leased to assessee

July 21, 2022 2280 Views 0 comment Print

Held that it is settled that the government dues against the assessee cannot be recovered from the owner of the property which was leased out to the assessee against whom the dues are pending

Duty demand due to clandestine removal doesn’t sustain in absence of independent & tangible evidence

July 21, 2022 2493 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the allegation of clandestine production and removal has to be established against any person by independent and tangible evidence. No demand exists in absence of such evidence.

Extended period of limitation cannot be invoked in absence of willful misstatement/suppression of fact

July 20, 2022 2835 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the conclusion that mere non-payment of duties is not equivalent to collusion or wilful misstatement or suppression of fact is untenable as the Act contemplates a positive action which betrays a negative intent of wilful default.

Reg. transfer of Excise appeals filed after 30th June 2017

July 20, 2022 936 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC directs that powers exercisable by CBIC under rule 3 of Central Excise Rules, 2017 and rule 3 of Service Tax Rules, 1994, may be exercised also by-(a) Principal Chief Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax; or (b) Chief Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax,

Govt reduces Road and Infrastructure Cess on export of Petrol

July 19, 2022 2478 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to amend No. 10/2022-Central Excise, dated the 30th June, 2022, to reduce the Road and Infrastructure Cess on export of Petrol vide Notification No. 20/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 19th July, 2022. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi, the 19th July, 2022 Notification No. 20/2022-Central Excise G.S.R. 586(E).— In exercise of the powers […]

CBIC exempts Petrol, Diesel & Aviation Turbine Fuel from SAED & RIC when exported from SEZ

July 19, 2022 1467 Views 1 comment Print

Seeks to exempt the excisable goods, namely Petrol, Diesel and Aviation Turbine Fuel from Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) and Road and Infrastructure Cess (RIC) when exported from units located in the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) vide Notification No. 19/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 19th July, 2022. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi, the 19th […]

CBIC reduces Special Additional Excise Duty on Petroleum Crude Production & Aviation Turbine Fuel export

July 19, 2022 2745 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC reduces Special Additional Excise Duty on production of Petroleum Crude and export of Aviation Turbine Fuel vide Notification No. 18/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 19th July, 2022. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi Notification No. 18/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 19th July, 2022 G.S.R. 584(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 5A of the Central Excise […]

CBI reduces Special Additional Excise Duty on exports of Petrol & Diesel

July 19, 2022 999 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to amend No. 04/2022-Central Excise, dated the 30th June, 2022, to reduce the Special Additional Excise Duty on exports of Petrol and Diesel vide Notification No. 17/2022-Central Excise Dated: 19th July, 2022. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi Notification No. 17/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 19th July, 2022 G.S.R. 583(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by […]

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