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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


Study of Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme 2019

August 17, 2019 3678 Views 1 comment Print

Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme 2019 It shall come into force w.e.f a date to be notified Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme 2019 is a Dispute Resolution cum Amnesty Scheme for legacy cases of Central Excise, Service Tax and Cess. It covers past disputes of taxes which have got subsumed in GST namely […]

Rebate on exports– No condition for export goods to be manufactured inside country

August 6, 2019 1848 Views 0 comment Print

Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd. Vs Union of India (Allahabad High Court) Allahabad High Court has held that there is no specification under Excise Rule 18 that for the purpose of rebate, goods need to be manufactured inside country. The Court held that the rule talks about any goods, which includes both manufactured inside the […]

Cenvat credit of duties paid on inputs at time of debonding of EOU into DTA

August 6, 2019 4233 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Stanadyne Amalgamations Pvt. Ltd. Vs M/s. AVO Carbon India Pvt. Ltd. (Madras High Court) Madras High Court has allowed Cenvat credit of duty paid on inputs/raw material at the time of debonding of an EOU into DTA. The Court observed that proviso in Rule 3 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 inserted in 2008 […]

Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019: Mystery or Resolution?

July 18, 2019 4992 Views 2 comments Print

A. Preface 1. Our Finance Minister, Shrimati Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech mentioned that more than Rs. 3.75 lakh croreis blocked in pending litigations from the Pre-GST Regime i.e., in Service Tax And Excise. In view of such huge funds being blocked, she proposed a “Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme” (The Scheme) that would allow […]

Notification No. 03/2019-Central Excise (NT), Dated: 18.07.2019

July 18, 2019 2229 Views 0 comment Print

Pr. Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs, Nhava Sheva-II, JNCH invested with power of Pr.Commissioner/Commissioner of Central Excise for adjudication in specific SCN vide Notification No. 03/2019-Central Excise (NT) dated 18th July, 2019. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS) Notification No. 03/2019-Central Excise (NT) New Delhi, the 18th July,2019 G.S.R. 516(E).—In […]

What is Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme?

July 15, 2019 10251 Views 1 comment Print

A very unique and substantial relief scheme named as SABKA VISHWAS LEGACY DISPUTE RESOLUTION SCHEME has been proposed. The focus of the government will be to reduce the pending litigations of 28 plus pre-GST laws, the government has proposed a Dispute Settlement Scheme for speedy settlement of pending litigations and to remove the funds blocked in the litigations. Approx 3.75 Lakhs Crore of revenue is blocked in this litigations. This is one of the most beneficial scheme ever made in the history of Indirect tax by Central Government.

Cenvat credit allowable on courier service used for sell of goods

July 13, 2019 1035 Views 0 comment Print

Appellant is sending the goods through courier and till the goods reach to the buyer’s place, the appellant is the owner of the goods. In case, the buyer refused to take the delivery of the goods, the goods were returned by courier to them. In that circumstance, till the delivery of the goods to the buyer, they are the owner of the goods;

Issues in Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019

July 12, 2019 2877 Views 1 comment Print

There are many issues in this proposed Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019. Hope such issues get addressed favorably in the Rules and other clarifications to be issued in this regard.

CESTAT sets aside demand on zinc waste emerging during manufacture of steel pipes and tubes

July 12, 2019 558 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. Vs Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (CESTAT Chennai) The issue is whether appellants have to pay an amount of 6% of the value of the zinc scrap cleared by them. The department has relied upon Explanation (1) introduced w.e.f. 01.03.2015 to demand the duty raised in the SCN. It […]

Budget 2019: Exhaustive analysis of amendments in Excise Duty Law

July 11, 2019 5955 Views 1 comment Print

Article explains Union Budget 2019 Proposals Involving Changes in Export Duty Rates, Proposals Involving Change in Excise Duty Rate Though Notifications, Effective change in rate of Special Additional Excise Duty and Road and Infrastructure Cess on Petrol and Diesel, Amendments In Fourth Schedule To Central Excise Act, 1944, Amendment in the Sixth Schedule to the […]

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