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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 : Gujarat HC quashed rejection of ₹3.74 crore re-credit and directed credit restoration, holding PLA payment could not result in d...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Mumbai set aside excise demand, holding optional type test charges collected separately after manufacture are not includibl...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Delhi set aside Rule 6 demands, holding job work under Notification 214/86-CE is not an exempted service and waste and scra...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Mumbai set aside excise demands, holding Rule 8 inapplicable as prototype vehicles cleared for testing were not used in fur...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Hyderabad allowed CENVAT credit on goods used for an Air Separation Plant, held ownership irrelevant, demand time-barred, a...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 37/2026 revises the SAED rate on ATF exports outside India to Rs. 7.5 per litre. The revised rate takes effect fr...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 36/2026 revises SAED rates on petrol and diesel exports outside India to Rs. 4 and Rs. 8.5 per litre. The revised...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 35/2026 extends the Road and Infrastructure Cess exemption on petrol and diesel exports by Public Sector Oil Comp...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 34/2026-Central Excise expands the specified country list in paragraph 2(b) by including Maldives and Mauritius. ...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 33/2026 extends the SAED exemption on ATF exports by Public Sector Oil Companies to Mauritius and Maldives. The a...
The Bombay High Court held that delays caused by genuine technical glitches do not invalidate SVLDRS benefits, distinguishing cases of financial incapacity.
Gujarat HC held that ex parte orders are invalid if personal hearing notices under Section 37C are not properly delivered with proof, reinforcing procedural fairness.
The High Court upheld the tribunal’s decision, emphasizing that statements of pancha witnesses and co-notices cannot be relied upon without allowing cross-examination, ensuring fair adjudication under the Central Excise Act.
CESTAT Kolkata held that the allegation of clandestine removal of goods cannot be sustained on the basis of documents recovered from such third-party premises. Accordingly, issue answered in favour of the appellant.
The Court held that inordinate delay of 8–9 years in adjudicating show cause notices violates principles of fairness and cannot be allowed to prejudice the assessee.
The issue addressed is funding public health and national security through a targeted levy. The Act introduces a capacity-based cess on manufacturing machines and processes, starting with pan masala.
The Court dismissed the appeal because the issue had already been decided in an earlier judgment. It held that the previous ruling granting exemption remained binding and unchanged.
CESTAT Mumbai rules that sales tax discharged at net present value under a state incentive scheme cannot be included in transaction value for central excise duty.
The 2025 amendment to the Central Excise Act standardizes excise duties on all tobacco products, cigars, and nicotine products, ensuring uniform rates and simplified compliance.
The Delhi High Court quashed charges against the petitioner in a corruption case, finding intercepted calls insufficient to establish grave suspicion of conspiracy.
