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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 Cannot Be Denied for Plant Maintenance Services Misclassified as Civil Construction: CESTAT Delhi

Excise Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that works contract services used for repair and maintenance of existing plant and machinery qualify as input se...

June 9, 2026 9 Views 0 comment Print

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 90 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 93 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


Need for Increasing Cooperation Between Customs & Tax Authorities of Different Countries-CBEC

October 8, 2015 757 Views 0 comment Print

Chairman CBEC: In Order to have Smooth Flow of Goods Across Border , There is Need for Increasing Cooperation Betrween Customs and Tax Authorities of Different Countries; Inaugurates Two Day 11th Asia Europe Meeting (Asem) Of the Customs’ Directors General – Commissioners at Goa; Representatives from 44 Countries Along with European Union and Asean Secretariate Participate in Two Day International Meet.

Amendment to Section 35F of CEA, 1944 are Constitutional: HC

October 7, 2015 3466 Views 0 comment Print

Section 35F of the Act has retrospective operation and is not restricted to only prospective It applies to all lis which have commenced prior to or after the enforcement of the amendment, except to cases covered under the second proviso thereof.

CENVAT Credit (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2015

October 7, 2015 4253 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 21/2015-Central Excise (N.T.) – In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) and section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, namely:

No Excise duty Price-escalation not contemplated at or before time of removal :SC

October 7, 2015 1877 Views 0 comment Print

CCE Vs. Hitkari Fibres Ltd. (Supreme Court), Price-escalation which was not contemplated at or before time of removal, cannot form part of transaction value especially when there is no allegation of understatement of value – Duty is payable at place, price and time of clearance of goods

Order becomes null if based merely on statements of witnesses without allowing assessee to cross-examine them: SC

October 7, 2015 9327 Views 0 comment Print

Andaman Timber Industries Vs. CCE (Supreme Court) Not allowing assessee to cross-examine statements of witnesses, which were made basis of demand, is a serious flaw which makes order nullity, as it amounts to violation of principles of natural justice.

Conditions & Limitations for Grant of Rebate of Duty on Goods Exported out of India

September 30, 2015 6141 Views 0 comment Print

Rebate of duty on goods exported out of India is covered by Rule 18 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002. The Central Government may, by notification, grant rebate of- i. Duty paid on such excisable goods which are exported out of India, or ii. Duty paid on materials used in the manufacturing or processing of such goods.

Tangible evidences required for proving clandestine manufacture & not mere assumptions – HC

September 28, 2015 2517 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of Flevel International V/S Commissioner Of Central Excise, it was held by Delhi High Court that the denial of an opportunity of cross-examination of a witness whose statements have been relied upon in the adjudication order would vitiate the order of adjudication. In the present case

CENVAT credit on inputs inherently lost in manufacturing process allowed – HC

September 28, 2015 2326 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of M/s. Rupa & Co. Limited Vs. The Commissioner of Central Excise, it was held that what is contained in finished product is only a quantity of all the inputs of the same weight as that of the finished product

100% EOU-DTA Clearance-conditions, safeguards& procedures for supply of items for export

September 24, 2015 15800 Views 0 comment Print

Central Excise-Notification No. 20/2015 CE (NT) Dated: 24-9-2015 -100% EOU – DTA Clearance – conditions, safeguards and procedures for supply of items like tags, labels, printed bags, stickers, belts, buttons and hangers for the purpose of their exportation out of India

Export of manufactured final product under bond without payment of Excise duty under Rule 19 of Central Excise Rules, 2002

September 24, 2015 2015 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 20/2015-Central Excise (N.T.) Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby notifies the conditions, safeguards and procedures for supply of items like tags, labels, printed bags, stickers, belts, buttons and hangers (hereinafter referred as “specified goods”) produced or manufactured in an Export Oriented Undertaking (hereinafter referred to as “EOU”) and cleared without payment of duty to a Domestic Tariff Area (hereinafter referred to as “DTA”) unit in terms of Para 6.09 (g) of Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, for the purpose of their exportation out of India (hereinafter referred as “specified purpose”), namely:-

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