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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 strict transaction-wise correlation between factory clearances and retail sales was impractical in the je...
Excise Duty : The Tribunal held that invocation of the five-year limitation period requires proof of deliberate suppression or wilful misstateme...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Kolkata held that granules cleared to job workers for conversion into PPCP containers could not be treated as traded goods....
Excise Duty : Tribunal observed that where goods are sold on FOR destination basis, the buyer’s premises may constitute the place of removal. ...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Chennai held that CENVAT credit on outward transportation and insurance services cannot be denied where goods are sold on F...
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...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 21/2026-Central Excise revises the RIC rate on exports of high-speed diesel oil outside India to Nil, effective M...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 20/2026-Central Excise revises the SAED rate on exports of ATF outside India to Rs. 33 per litre, effective May 1...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 19/2026-Central Excise revises the SAED rate on exports of high-speed diesel oil outside India to Rs. 23 per litr...
CESTAT Chennai held that mere technical defects in supplier invoices are not sufficient to disallow ISD distributed credit. Accordingly, impugned order is set aside and appeals are allowed with consequential benefits.
SC held that value of duty-paid bought-out items delivered directly to buyer’s site cannot be included in assessable value of boilers cleared in CKD condition. The show cause notice invoking extended limitation period was declared invalid.
CESTAT Chennai held that Enriched Omega 3 Fatty Acid (Fish Oil – Ethyl Ester) and Enriched Omega 3 Fatty Acid-Powder (Fish Oil – Ethyl Ester-Powder) are classifiable under CETH 1516 1000 and not under CETH 3824 9090 as contested by department.
CESTAT issues instructions for e-filing appeals, detailing registration, filing process, documents, fees, and compliance with Procedure
CESTAT Chennai held that burden of showing that the goods are marketable is on department. Since department has not discharged its burden of showing that the goods i.e. sugar invert syrup is marketable no excise duty can be levied. Accordingly, appeal allowed.
Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that refund of Education Cess and Secondary and Higher Education Cess [SHE Cess] in terms of exemption under Notification No.56/2002-CE is allowable. Accordingly, writ petition is allowed with direction to release refund of education and SHE Cess.
Karnataka High Court held that date of surrender of bank guarantee to be considered as relevant date for the purpose of claiming refund under section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944. Accordingly, appeal allowed.
The contention of substantial compliance could not override the mandatory time limits under the notification. As there was no statutory requirement of an Eligibility Certificate, and the application for fixation of rebate was filed beyond the prescribed time, the appeal was devoid of merit.
CESTAT Mumbai sets aside order against Hawkins Cookers on alleged wrongful CENVAT credit of ₹68 lakh, remanding case to adjudicating authority for fresh review.
Supreme Court held that converting imported Gensets into Power Packs by adding essential components amounts to manufacture under Section 2(f). The process created a distinct, marketable product, making excise duty applicable.
