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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 20991 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 54 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 60 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


Indirect Tax Collections up 42.8 Percent During April –December, 2010 75.7 Percent of Budget Estimates Achieved

January 18, 2011 294 Views 0 comment Print

Indirect tax collections registered a growth of 42.8 per cent during April-December, 2010 which is 75.7 per cent of the Budget Estimates for the fiscal 2010-11.crore customs collections increased 68.1 per cent and covered 86.8 per cent of total Budge

Appeal against levy of central excise dismissed

January 17, 2011 747 Views 0 comment Print

The Supreme Court last week dismissed the appeal of Usha Rectifier Corporation challenging the levy of central excise on products which were used for research and development. The company manufactures electronic equipment. It bought components and assembled them for R & D. The company argued that there was no manufacture of any product which was marketable and therefore it was not liable to pay excise duty. It further contended that the equipment were used within the factory and it was not taken out of factory gates. The item was dismantled within the factory itself. Rejecting the argument, the Supreme Court ruled that “even if the equipment were used for captive consumption and within factory premises, considering that they were saleable and marketable, duty was payable on the goods.” Apart from capitalisation of the manufacturing process in the balance sheet, the company’s assertion that the equipment was meant to save foreign exchange by developing indigenous products, was an admission that the goods were marketable. Such products would be “deemed to have been removed from the factory premises for consumption,” the judgment said.

Enforcement of penal provisions for non-submission or delayed submission of returns

January 14, 2011 3076 Views 0 comment Print

Departmental Instruction F.No.267/117/2010-CX8 Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue (Central Board of Excise & Customs) New Delhi, dated the 14th January, 2011. To, All Director Generals, All Chief Commissioners of Central Excise (including LTU), All Commissioners of Central Excise (including LTU). Sir/ Madam, Subject: Enforcement of penal provisions for non-submission of returns-reg. […]

Application of provisions of Section 5A(1A) of the Central Excise Act, 1944-reg

January 14, 2011 1097 Views 0 comment Print

Attention is invited to Board’s circular No. 937/27/2010-CX dated 26.11.10 issued from F.No.52/1/2009-CX1 (Pt.), wherein based on the opinion of the Law Ministry, it was clarified that in view of the specific bar provided under sub-section (1A) of Section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944, the manufacturer cannot opt to pay the duty in respect of unconditionally fully exempted goods and he cannot avail the CENVAT credit of the duty paid on inputs.

CBI registers graft case against 3 Excise officials

January 14, 2011 429 Views 0 comment Print

CBI officials said the case, under different Sections of IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act, was registered against R T Gulani, Assistant Commissioner, Reeta Nagarkar, Superintendent and Suneel Gawte, Inspector. Sudheer Wadhwani Food Processing

Third Innings – Section 4A V/s Section 4

January 11, 2011 5937 Views 0 comment Print

Section 4A of Central Excise Act, 1944 empowers Central Government to specify goods on which duty will be payable based on ‘retail sale price’. The basic requirements for levy under MRP based Valuation is that the goods should be covered under provis

Corrigendum Notification No. G.S.R. 6(E) Dated 6-1-2011

January 6, 2011 919 Views 0 comment Print

In the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 30/2010-Central Excise (N.T) dated the 21st December, 2010 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 997(E), dated the 21st December, 2010, in the Table, against S.No.93A, in column (2), for the entry 8523 read 8523 80 20

Central Excise – SSI Exemption not available if Assessee uses another person’s brand name

December 24, 2010 2414 Views 0 comment Print

Central Excise – SSI Exemption – Use of another person’s brand name – Not entitled for exemption: It is manifest from a bare reading of Clause 4 of the Notification, read with Explanation IX that it clearly debars an assessee from the benefit of exemption under the notification, if he uses another person’s brand or trade name with the intention of indicating a connection between the assessee’s goods and such other person. It is evident that the object of the exemption notification is to grant benefits only to those industries which otherwise do not have the advantage of brand or trade name. In order to avail of the benefit of the exemption notification, the assessee must establish that his product is not associated with some other person: if it is shown that the assessee has affixed the brand name of another person on his goods with the intention of indicating a connection between the assessee’s goods and the goods of another person, using such name or mark, then the assessee would not be entitled to the benefit of exemption notification; if the assessee is able to satisfy the Adjudicating Authority that there was no such intention, or that the user of the brand name was entirely fortuitous, it would be entitled to the benefit of the exemption

Central Excise Notification No 35/2010 – Central Excise; dated: 21.12.2010

December 23, 2010 489 Views 0 comment Print

Rescinds notification no. 17/2010 – Exempts packaged software or canned software equivalent to the excise duty payable on the portion of the value determined under section 4 which represents the consideration paid or payable for transfer of the right to use such goods Notification No. 35/2010-Central Excise, New Delhi, the   21st December, 2010 G.S.R.     (E).- […]

Excise Duty -Scope of Notification Nos.49/2003-CE and 50/2003-CE both dated 10.06.2003

December 22, 2010 5446 Views 0 comment Print

Kind attention is invited to Notification Nos. 49/2003-CE and 50/2003-CE both dated 10.06.2003 which provide full exemption from excise duties to goods cleared from industrial units in the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh for a period of ten years from the date of commencement of commercial production. The exemption is available to new units set up or existing units which have undergone substantial expansion in terms of the said notifications and commence commercial production before the cut-off date, that is, on or before 31.3.2010

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