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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...
Delhi Tribunal confirms excise duty demand on malt manufacturer, ruling sprout sale proceeds must be included in assessable value.
Madras High Court directs CESTAT to admit Sruthi Raj’s appeal after noting the Commissioner’s order was returned undelivered, overturning delay condonation rejection.
CESTAT Delhi overturns central excise duty demand and penalties on Surya Wires, ruling that statements recorded under Section 14 cannot be relied upon without following Section 9D’s mandatory procedure.
CESTAT Allahabad held that Cenvat Credit on Iron & Steel is rightly denied in absence of the verification of the utilization of the same for manufacture of capital goods. Accordingly, order of lower authorities upheld.
CESTAT Delhi held that confiscation of goods justified as Pan Masala and Gutkha were clandestinely manufactured and cleared under different brands without authorization. Accordingly, order upheld and appeals dismissed.
Calcutta High Court held that invocation of extended period of limitation without establishing wilful mis-statement and suppression of material facts with intent to evade payment of tax is not justifiable. Accordingly, entire order passed by adjudicating authority is set aside.
CESTAT Delhi directs refund of Rs 107 crore deposited under protest by Barmer Lignite Mining Co, ruling unjust enrichment doctrine inapplicable due to regulated price.
CESTAT Delhi orders full refund of Rs. 9.35 Crore excise duty paid under protest by Allied Chemical, overturning denial based on Cenvat credit use and unjust enrichment.
Gujarat High Court clarifies adjournment rules under Section 33A of the Central Excise Act, akin to CGST Act Section 75(5), allowing four hearing opportunities.
Freight and insurance charges are includable in Central Excise assessable value for FOR destination sales where the buyer’s premises is the place of removal.
