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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 20988 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 3594 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 222 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 213 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


Legitimate export incentive given to exporters cannot be denied merely for GST implementation from 1-7-2017

April 24, 2021 903 Views 0 comment Print

Considering the fact that the petitioner has also not been able to utilize the credit of duty under the provisions of GST which came to be effected from 01.07.2017, legitimate export incentives cannot be denied to the petitioner. I find no merits in denying the benefit of refund claim filed by the petitioner under Rule 5 of the CENVAT Rules, 2004. The respondent shall therefore refund the amount to the petitioner within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

Interest of refund on penalty is not admissible under Section 11BB

April 24, 2021 1047 Views 0 comment Print

Bundy India Limited Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of CORONATION SPINNING INDIA (Supra) has held that interest of refund on penalty is not admissible under Section 11BB.   As a result I do not find the appellants are entitled to any refund of interest on penalty amount under Section […]

Cenvat Credit cannot be denied for demand Under Section 11A

April 22, 2021 1836 Views 0 comment Print

Rule 8(3A) applied to cases where assessee had defaulted in payment of excise duty beyond 30 days from the due date and it did not apply to every case where in the department, during the scrutiny of returns, during audit or during investigation found any additional amount payable as duty of excise. Tribunal had given cogent reasons for its finding that assessee’s case was a case of demand under Section 11A and was not covered by Rule 8(3A) and the Revenue was not correct in denying utilization of Cenvat Credit to the assessee by applying the said sub-rule.

Group insurance service is admissible input service & credit allowed

April 16, 2021 1410 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the case of Solvay Specialities India Pvt Ltd vs C.C.E. & S.T.-Vadodara-II (CESTAT Ahmedabad). Detailed analysis of Cenvat Credit eligibility for Group Insurance Services, referencing legal precedents and judicial interpretations.

SCN without Mandatory pre-show cause notice consultation is not valid

April 16, 2021 12612 Views 0 comment Print

Back Office It Solutions Private Limited Vs Union of India & Ors. (Delhi high Court) We are of the view that the contesting respondents were mandatorily required to have a pre-show cause notice consultation with the petitioner-company and that having not being done in the instant matter, the proceedings initiated by the contesting respondents via […]

Benefit of conditional exemption Notification cannot be denied on pretext of unconditionally exempted

April 14, 2021 4017 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Tripura High Court in Union of India v. M/S. Dharampal Satyapal Ltd. [Central Excise Appeal No.01/2019 and Central Excise Appeal No.02/2019, dated March 22, 2021] upheld the judgment passed by the CESTAT, Kolkata allowing the assesse to avail the benefit of notification granting conditional exemption from the of the duties of excise/ other […]

Goods cannot be confiscated merely because excess stock of finished goods lying in factory

April 12, 2021 1734 Views 0 comment Print

Sky Alloys & Power Pvt. Ltd. Vs Assistant Commissioner (CESTAT Delhi) FULL TEXT OF THE CESTAT DELHI ORDER The appellant M/s Sky Alloys & Power Pvt. Ltd. are engaged in manufacture of Sponge Iron, MS Ingots and Silico Manganese. Their premises were got searched on 7 November 2015 and 8 November 2015 by the team of Preventive […]

Clandestine removal cannot be upheld merely based upon third party documents

April 12, 2021 1602 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi sets aside demand based on third-party evidence. Adjudicating Authority warned on compliance. Read the full judgment details.

Excise due cannot be demanded on mere presumption without any evidence

April 8, 2021 1470 Views 0 comment Print

Supermax Personal Care Pvt. Ltd. Vs Union of India (Bombay High Court) In the order in original dated 20.11.2019 the adjudicating authority had recorded a clear finding that the only presumption for the demand was that because the maximum retail price of the goods manufactured at Una, Himachal Pradesh and those manufactured elsewhere by the […]

CBIC amends 6 Excise notifications to give effect to Finance Act, 2021

April 8, 2021 1329 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to amend central excise notification No.28/2002-Central Excise, dated the 13th May, 2002, 11/2017-Central Excise, dated the 30th June, 2017, 10/2018-Central Excise, dated the 2nd February, 2018 , 11/2018- Central Excise, dated the 2nd February, 2018, 12/2018- Central Excise, dated the 2nd February, 2018 and 13/2018- Central Excise, dated the 2nd February, 2018 to make […]

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