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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


Excise Act Limitation not Applicable to balance in PLA

July 10, 2022 1635 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that in case of PLA balance, it is not deposited as a duty but it is deposited as advance towards the duty. The PLA Amount takes the color of excise duty only when it is utilized for payment of duty on clearance of excisable goods. The unspent balance of PLA is only advance not duty therefore, Section 11B is not applicable.

No Excise Duty or Reversal of Cenvat Credit on Removal of Empty packaging

July 10, 2022 564 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that assessee is not liable for payment of either excise duty or cenvat credit under Rule 6(3) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 on empty packaging material of cenvatable input.

Duty demand by treating buyer’s premises as place of removal is unsustainable

July 9, 2022 597 Views 0 comment Print

Held that buyer’s premises cannot, in law, be a place of removal under Section 4. Demand duty thereon is unsustainable in law

Recovery more than pre-deposit, based on order never served on petitioner, is illegal

July 9, 2022 1278 Views 0 comment Print

Recovery of demand more than statutory pre-deposit amount, on the basis of adjudication order, which was never served on the petitioner is declared as arbitrary and illegal

Cenvat credit eligible on warranty service via third party on FOC basis

July 9, 2022 603 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT credit is available on the amount of service tax paid for the services provided by the dealers to the customers on behalf of the appellant for fulfilling the warranty obligations of the appellant.

CESTAT deletes penalty which was imposed for denial of area based exemption

July 8, 2022 408 Views 0 comment Print

Sanjeev Jindal Vs Commissioner, Customs & Central Excise (CESTAT Delhi) The finding recorded in the order is that exemption under a notification that granted area based exemption was wrongly obtained by the Company and its Directors. It is for this reason that apart from denying the exemption claimed by the Company, penalty was also imposed […]

Excisability of waste/residue – CBIC withdrawn Circular No. 1027/15/2016-CX

July 7, 2022 2094 Views 0 comment Print

Bagasse is non-excisable to which the CENVAT Credit Rules have no application, and held that the Circular dated 25.04.2016 is unsustainable in law.

CORRIGENDUM to Notification No. 08/2022-Central Excise

July 7, 2022 2199 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC issues CORRIGENDUM to Notification No. 08/2022-Central Excise dated  30th June, 2022  MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) CORRIGENDUM New Delhi, the 7th July, 2022 G.S.R. 523(E).—In the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 08/2022-Central Excise, dated the 30th June, 2022, published in the Gazette of India, 4603 […]

CENVAT Credit eligible on items of iron & steel used in maintenance of existing plant & machinery

July 6, 2022 795 Views 0 comment Print

J. K. Cement Works Vs Commissioner, Central Goods & Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi) Commissioner (Appeals) disallowed Cenvat credit totalling Rs. 2,50,195/-, which was mainly on account of iron and steel structure, tower material, steel casting. Appellant inter alia urges that admittedly these items have been used by the appellant in the factory of production. These items […]

Demand of Central Excise Duty cannot be sustained being time barred & in absence of any suppression by assessee

July 5, 2022 1386 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT set aside the demand order has held that invoking extended limitation period by the Revenue Department cannot be sustained, being time barred and is invalid in absence of suppression of fact with intent to evade payment of duty on the part of assessee.

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