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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


CBIC exempt Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess on blended fuels

February 1, 2021 3147 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2021- Seeks to exempt Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess on blended fuels- Notification No. 03/2021-Central Excise Dated 1st February, 2021 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) Notification No. 03/2021-Central Excise New Delhi, the 1st February, 2021 G.S.R 85 (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by section 5A of the […]

CBIC prescribe effective rate of Special Additional Excise Duty for Petrol & Diesel

February 1, 2021 1926 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2021- Seeks to amend notification No. 05/2019-Central Excise, dated 06.07.2019, to prescribe effective rate of Special Additional Excise Duty for Petrol and Diesel. Notification No. 02/2021-Central Excise Dated- 1st February, 2021. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) Notification No. 02/2021-Central Excise New Delhi, the 1st February, 2021 G.S.R.84(E). – In exercise […]

Budget 2021- CBIC prescribe effective rate of Basic Excise Duty on various Items

February 1, 2021 1065 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2021- Seeks to amend notification No. 11/2017-Central Excise, dated 30.06.2017, to prescribe effective rate of Basic Excise Duty and to add the reference of Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess in the appropriate duty of excise. Notification No. 01/2021-Central Excise Dated 1st February, 2021. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) Notification No. […]

Iinterest on delayed refund of Excise duty under excise exemption scheme

January 29, 2021 960 Views 0 comment Print

Important Judgment of Gauhati High Court on interest on delayed refund of Excise duty under the excise exemption scheme. Under the said scheme exempted units have to first pay the excise duty which is to be refunded back after verification

A person not become ineligible for SVLDR Scheme due to any inquiry /audit/investigation initiated after 01.09.2019

January 21, 2021 1083 Views 0 comment Print

Pro Sportify Private Limited Vs Principal Commissioner, Central Goods and Services Tax (Punjab and Haryana High Court) The Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 came into force w.e.f. 01.09.2019, thus any enquiry/audit/investigation initiated after aforesaid date cannot make any person ineligible because period running from 01.09.2019 to 31.12.2019 is meant for filing application and […]

Strict compliance to Limitation while filing Appeals/Petitions before Courts/ Tribunal -reg

January 19, 2021 1569 Views 0 comment Print

Despite the same, appeals/ petitions are being filed before High Courts and Supreme Court belatedly, highlighting no extra-ordinary circumstances while filing Condonation of Delay Applications.

Assistant Commissioner cannot revise or Review his own order – Section 11A of Central Excise Act

January 12, 2021 4455 Views 0 comment Print

Tripura Ispat Vs Union of India (Tripura High Court) We have briefly touched on this difference in statutory scheme of the Central Excise Act against the Income Tax Act in order to drive home the point that if the department was desirous of pursuing the question of leviability of education and higher education cess when […]

Mere audit objection cannot be sole ground for holding clandestine manufacture & removal

December 25, 2020 1431 Views 0 comment Print

BST Infratech Limited Vs Commissioner of CGST & Excise, Bolpur Commissionerate (CESTAT Kolkata) We find that no physical verification of input consumption qua finished goods manufactured thereto was carried out by the department. The duty has been demanded on the basis of audit objection without causing any investigation. It is our considered view that the […]

Gujarat HC directs Central Govt to ‘re-Look’ into Definition of ‘Textile’

December 24, 2020 1413 Views 0 comment Print

CTM Technical Textiles Ltd Vs Union of India (Gujarat High Court) Both the goods in question are being manufactured by the writ-applicants by weaving; it being warp knitting in case of the Agro Shade Net and weaving by warp and weft in case of the Geo Grid fabrics. Both these commodities are in the nature […]

Only person who borne incidence of duties/ taxes, is entitled to claim refund

December 11, 2020 3783 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. CPCL has borne the incidence of Excise Duty which in law, could not be charged from it and it is a settled legal position under Section 11B of the Central Excise Act that it is only the person who has borne the incidence of Excise Duty who is entitled to claim refund.

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