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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 3156 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


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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 3600 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit as Rule 16 Not Requires Goods to Be Returned to Same Buyer

Excise Duty : CESTAT Mumbai held that Rule 16(2) of the Central Excise Rules does not mandate that remanufactured goods be supplied back to the ...

June 10, 2026 21 Views 0 comment Print

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 54 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


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


Appeals filed by Revenue on basis of an invalid Review authorization deserve to be dismissed as not maintainable

November 21, 2014 1051 Views 0 comment Print

The present appeal has been preferred by the Revenue before the Hon’ble CESTAT, Ahmadabad in terms of the Review Order No.R-02/2008, dated January 08, 2007 (the Review Order)signed by the Chief Commissioner of Central Excise

Central Excise/Customs – Malarial Control Drugs Exempted

November 21, 2014 2099 Views 0 comment Print

the manufacturer shall produce a certificate from an officer not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at the time of clearance of the said Goods to the Jurisdictional Assistant Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise to the effect that the said goods are required

Availment of Cenvat credit on Inputs/ Input Services after six months

November 20, 2014 48255 Views 0 comment Print

CBEC clarification regarding availment of Cenvat credit on Inputs/ Input Services after six months Background: The CBEC vide Notification No. 21/2014-CE (NT), dated July 11, 2014 (Applicable w.e.f September 1, 2014) [Notification No. 21], has amended Rule 4(1) and Rule 4(7) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 (the Credit Rules) to fix a time limit […]

Reversed Cenvat credit can be re-taken even after six months

November 19, 2014 19723 Views 0 comment Print

The CBEC has issued circular No. 990/14/2014-CX-8 dt. 19/11/2014, wherein it has clarified that the cenvat reversed or amount paid for reversal in respect of cenvat credit wrongly availed where the conditions relating to availment of cenvat credit were not fulfilled, can again be claimed as input credit on the fulfilment of prescribed conditions even after six months from the date of issue of a document (i.e invoice challan etc) prescribed under rule 9(1) of Cenvat Credit Rules’2004.

No time limit for re-credit of CENVAT

November 19, 2014 20302 Views 1 comment Print

Circular No. 990/14/2014-CX-8 Dated- 19th November, 2014 Sub: Clarification regarding availment of CENVAT credit after six months-reg. Attention is invited to the Notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No. 21/2014-CE (NT) dated 11.07.2014, vide which, inter alia, amendment was made in Rule 4(1) and 4(7) of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 (CCR, 2004) to prescribe that manufacturer or output service provider shall not take CENVAT credit after six months of the date of issue of any of the documents specified in sub-rule (1) of Rule 9.

Cenvat credit taken on inputs cannot be denied merely because original manufacturer of inputs is not traceable

November 16, 2014 1189 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, Kirtida Silk Mills (the Appellant) availed Cenvat credit of duty paid on inputs, which was denied by the Department and the proceedings were initiated for recovery of Cenvat credit wrongly taken.

Cenvat credit allowable on Capital goods used initially in the manufacturing of exempted goods

November 16, 2014 2995 Views 0 comment Print

Cenvat credit allowable on Capital goods used initially in the manufacturing of exempted goods but, at time of receipt, the Assessee had intention to use said Capital goods for manufacturing of both dutiable as well as exempted goods

Utilization of credit for payment of duty which was not required to be paid is effectively reversal of credit

November 16, 2014 1918 Views 0 comment Print

No need to reverse Cenvat credit availed of duty paid on HR coils/sheets for discharging duty on HR slitted and pickled coils on dispute whether slitting and pickling is a manufacturing activity under Section 2(f) of the Central Excise Act, 1944

Cenvat credit allowable on Capital Goods acquired on lease basis from a Company which is not a financing Company

November 16, 2014 2167 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, the First Appellate Authority denied the Cenvat credit on Capital Goods on only ground that Wimplast Limited (the Appellant) had purchased the Capital Goods on hire purchase or loan agreement form a Company which was not a financial Company as prescribed under Rule 4(3) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 (the Credit Rules), which reads as unde

Interest on delayed refund claim U/s. 11BB also applicable on refund of accumulated Cenvat credit

November 16, 2014 4576 Views 0 comment Print

Sterlite Industries Limited (the Appellant) filed a refund claim of Rs. 7,11,45,917/- on September 27, 2004 for accumulated credit under the provisions of Rule 5 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 (the Credit Rules) but

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