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Excise Duty : India reduced excise duty on petrol and diesel to offset rising global crude prices due to geopolitical tensions. The move aimed t...
Excise Duty : Health Security & National Security (HSNS) Cess Act, 2025 introduces a standalone statutory cess aimed at funding national health ...
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...
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...
Excise Duty : Discover how the Central Excise (Amendment) Act, 2025 revamps tobacco taxation, introducing steep excise duties on cigarettes, che...
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...
Excise Duty : A special court imposed five years’ rigorous imprisonment and heavy fines after finding assets far beyond known income. The ruli...
Excise Duty : The FAQs confirm that cess is computed on maximum rated machine speed rather than actual production. This ensures certainty in tax...
Excise Duty : The FAQs clarify how excise duty on chewing tobacco, jarda, and gutkha will be levied based on packing machine capacity rather tha...
Excise Duty : CESTAT issues instructions for e-filing appeals, detailing registration, filing process, documents, fees, and compliance with Proc...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Chennai held that exports made under Notification No. 30/2004-CE and the DEPB scheme cannot be included in exempted turnove...
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-...
Excise Duty : CESTAT held that where the value of goods sent for job work had already been considered for credit reversal purposes, including it...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Chandigarh held that the manufacturer and marketing company could not be treated as related persons under the Central Excis...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Chandigarh held that the manufacturer and marketing company could not be treated as related persons under the Central Excis...
Excise Duty : The Lakshadweep Excise Regulation, 2026 establishes a comprehensive framework for licensing, manufacture, sale, transport, and con...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
Excise Duty : The Ministry of Finance amended the central excise notification issued in March 2026 by revising rates applicable to specified goo...
Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) There is no dispute in the fact that the sale of goods is on FOR basis, freight and transit insurance is included in the price of the goods and the same was not collected from the buyer of the goods. In this background, the place […]
CESTAT set aside the order denying the CENVAT Credit to the assessee in respect of outward Goods Transport Agent supply for period prior to April 01, 2008. Held that, the CBIC has prescribed certain conditions for allowing credit which need to be satisfied and remanded back the matter for passing a fresh order after verifying the documents to ascertain that whether the assessee has fulfilled such conditions.
Reliance Industries Ltd. Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) In the present case the appellant’s cenvat credit was denied in respect of input services viz. ECIS. The credit on ECIS was denied on the ground that this service is falling under the exclusion clause in the definition of input service under Rule 2 (l) of […]
RSWM Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Central Goods and Service Tax, Excise and Customs (CESTAT Delhi) Admittedly, the dispute with regard to rebate totalling Rs.59,16,907 was sub judice before the Hon’ble Rajasthan High Court on the date of adjustment vide orders-in-original dated 28.01.2013. The said order is patently illegal and in violation of the instructions of […]
M/s Raydean Industries Vs The Commissioner Central Goods & Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi) The issue that arises for consideration in this appeal is whether ‘module mounting structures’, which are manufactured by the appellant and which are supplied to suppliers of solar power water pumping systems for irrigating agriculture fields, is exempted from payment of central […]
KEI Industries Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Delhi) The officers of Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence4 visited the factory of VKM on 29.11.2006, collected information, investigated and came to the conclusion that VKM had issued invoices without receiving any raw material and without manufacturing and supplying copper ingots. Based on this investigation, […]
Mere use of the words or expression wilfully suppressed with intend to avoid duty cannot hold the assessee guilty of wilful suppression. The same has to be established by the department by pointing out as to on what basis they have come to the prima facie conclusion that there has been wilful mis-statement or suppression of facts. Therefore, mere use of the said words and expression cannot validate the show cause notice. Therefore, the initiation of the proceedings itself is bad in law.
Kumaka Industries Ltd Vs C.C.E. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) We find that there is no dispute on the facts that entire stock of product “Ethyl Alcohol” manufactured in one unit was transferred to its sister unit under Invoices on payment of excise duty. The sister unit had taken credit of duty paid and Captively used the said […]
KEC International Limited Vs Commissioner (CESTAT Delhi) From a plain reading of the provisions of Section 11(1) of Central Excise Act, I find that the Central Excise Officer is empowered to adjust only the unpaid adjudicated dues. As Section 11(1) also empowers the Central Excise Officer to recover the dues, even by way of attachment […]
Reliance Industries Ltd Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) Appellant’s factory is admittedly huge existing petroleum industry and working for decades. The ECIS service was used for expansion, renovation and modernization of overall existing petroleum plant. As per inclusion clause of the definition the services relating to modernization, renovation is an admissible input service. In […]
