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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 3591 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 3027 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 681 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 570 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 20781 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 3499 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 513 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 3174 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 1860 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 3360 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CESTAT Allows Discount Abatement as One-to-One Correlation Held Impractical in Jewellery Trade

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chennai held that strict transaction-wise correlation between factory clearances and retail sales was impractical in the je...

May 22, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

Extended Limitation Cannot Be Invoked Merely Because Cenvat Credit Issue Was Detected During Audit: CESTAT Delhi

Excise Duty : The Tribunal held that invocation of the five-year limitation period requires proof of deliberate suppression or wilful misstateme...

May 22, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows Cenvat Credit as Granules Sent to Job Worker Were Not Traded Goods

Excise Duty : CESTAT Kolkata held that granules cleared to job workers for conversion into PPCP containers could not be treated as traded goods....

May 22, 2026 87 Views 0 comment Print

Buyer’s Premises May Qualify as Place of Removal in FOR Contracts: CESTAT Chennai

Excise Duty : Tribunal observed that where goods are sold on FOR destination basis, the buyer’s premises may constitute the place of removal. ...

May 22, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on GTA Services Due to FOR Destination Sales

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chennai held that CENVAT credit on outward transportation and insurance services cannot be denied where goods are sold on F...

May 20, 2026 468 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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 16, 2026 231 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 16, 2026 345 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Revises RIC on Diesel Exports to Nil from May 1

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...

April 30, 2026 234 Views 0 comment Print

Govt revises SAED rates on exports of ATF outside India to Rs. 33 per litre

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...

April 30, 2026 222 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Revises SAED on High-Speed Diesel Exports to Rs. 23 from 1st May 2026

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...

April 30, 2026 294 Views 0 comment Print


Increase Of Taxes On Tobacco Products

December 27, 2024 1623 Views 0 comment Print

Govt clarifies tax increase on tobacco products, citing changes in excise duty on cigarettes and GST rules. Revenue funds overall govt programs, not cancer-specific.

Writ dismissed as wrong availment of cenvat credit and passing thereon doesn’t involve question of law

December 27, 2024 456 Views 0 comment Print

Held that in our view, two authorities have examined the facts and have given a finding of fact that the same Cenvat Credit was wrongly availed and passed on to the customer, and this has not been rebutted.

Classification Cannot be Changed merely for 8-Digit Code Introduction: CESTAT Mumbai

December 16, 2024 1191 Views 0 comment Print

Classification cannot be changed merely because 8 digit classification has been introduced, CESTAT sets aside demand of differential duty along with penalties

Post-2003 Amendment: Cutting & Labeling amounts to Manufacture – CESTAT Mumbai

December 16, 2024 459 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai set aside CENVAT Credit denial for Mangal Singh Bros., ruling that duty acceptance on final products justifies credit claim.

SVLDR Scheme Benefit Covers Redemption Fine After Duty Payment Acceptance

December 16, 2024 846 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that once application under Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme [SVLDR Scheme] for payment of duty was accepted, benefit of the scheme gets extended to the redemption fine also. Accordingly, petition allowed.

Supreme Court dismissed the SLP on grounds of delayed filing

December 11, 2024 1356 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court dismissed the SLP filed by the Revenue Department, upholding Delhi High Court’s judgment on CENVAT credit refund to BT India.

Claim of illegal allocation of zone to central excise inspector after one year of final order is time barred

December 6, 2024 1047 Views 0 comment Print

Gauhati High Court held that claim of inspector in central excise of committing illegality in allocation of zone after one year from date of final order is time barred as per section 21(1)(a) of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985.

Appeals pending in CESTAT allowed if order not passed within one year of SCN

December 4, 2024 5775 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi quashes orders passed after one year of SCN issuance in Kopertek Metals Pvt Ltd vs CGST Commissioner, emphasizing statutory adjudication timelines.

CBIC Rescinds Notification No. 08/2022- Central Excise, dated 30th June, 2022

December 3, 2024 1110 Views 0 comment Print

The Ministry of Finance rescinds Central Excise Notification No. 08/2022 with immediate effect under public interest provisions.

Central Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2024

December 3, 2024 1221 Views 0 comment Print

The Ministry of Finance amends Central Excise Rules, 2017, removing specific provisos in Rules 18 and 19. Changes take effect immediately.

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