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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


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 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


Credit cannot be denied on ground that, documents were not in the name of assessee’s factory

September 1, 2009 1060 Views 0 comment Print

The documents were not in the name of the assessee’s factory situated at Silvassa but the same were issued in the name of the head office of the assessee situated at Mumbai. However, I find that there is otherwise no dispute about the input services received by the assessee. The substantive benefit cannot be denied on the procedural grounds.

Notification No. 24/2009-Central Excise; Dated: 31.08.2009

August 31, 2009 637 Views 0 comment Print

– The principal notification was published vide number G.S.R. 266(E), dated the 31st March, 2003, and last amended vide notification No. 10/2009-Central Excise, dated the 7th July, 2009, published vide number G.S.R.468(E), dated the 7th July, 2009.

Circular No. 895/15/2009-Central Excise, Dated: 27.08.2009

August 27, 2009 541 Views 0 comment Print

Attention is invited to Section 86 & 107 of the Finance Act, 2009 vide which amendment with effect from 1st July, 2003 has been carried out under Section 130 of the Customs Act, 1962 and Section 35G of the Central Excise Act, 1944 respectively to the effect that the High Court may admit an appeal after the expiry of the period of one hundred and eighty days if it is satisfied that there was sufficient cause for not filing appeal within the stipulated period. Similarly,

CBI filed charge sheet against Ex-Central Excise Commissioner

August 27, 2009 1788 Views 0 comment Print

Former Central Excise Commissioner , Pralhad Kumar alias P K Ajwani arrested by CBI in 2004 after wads of cash were seized from his south Mumbai house was chargesheeted on corruption charges by CBI last week.

Facility of advance ruling on service tax and excise matters extended to PSU and resident Indian companies

August 24, 2009 618 Views 0 comment Print

Public sector companies can now seek advance ruling on Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax matters. Also, Indian companies (those considered as resident under the Income-Tax law) have now been allowed to seek advance ruling on project imports. The Center’s move to extend the advance ruling facility to public sector companies comes nearly a decade […]

Poor drafting of Cenvat credit Rules leading to litigations and conflicting decisions by various benches: SC

August 22, 2009 703 Views 0 comment Print

The Supreme Court has said the CENVAT Credit Rules were not properly drafted causing huge rise in litigations and conflicting decisions by various benches of Custom Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT). The apex court said that repeated amendments in the CENVAT Credit Rules has given a further fillip in rising number of litigations in the country.

Punjab State Excise and Taxation department unearthed bogus sale of 656 crore

August 22, 2009 1036 Views 0 comment Print

In the biggest tax evasion fraud of this financial year, the State Excise and Taxation department has unearthed a bogus billing scam to the tune of Rs 656.71 crore by three renowned Ludhiana firms — Singhania International, Shree Vallabh Exports and Krishna Ispat Limited. As per investigations, the firms — all of which deal in […]

Government proposed excise waiver and income-tax holiday benefit to power projects based on super critical technology

August 22, 2009 1457 Views 0 comment Print

The government has proposed to extend the excise waiver and income-tax holiday benefit to power projects based on supercritical technology, including large-sized energy-efficient power equipment. The proposal is part of the new mega power policy being worked out. The existing policy has no provision for giving incentives to the new-generation supercritical power projects.

Modification in Circular No. 569/6/2001-CX dated 09.02.2001 regarding the Special Procedure for Removal of Liquid Gases-Pass-out System.

August 20, 2009 889 Views 0 comment Print

Representations have been received from the Trade and the field formations seeking waiver of pre-authentication of the pass-out documents by the departmental officers as prescribed in Para 3.2(iv) of Board’s Circular No. 569/6/2001-CX dated 09.02.2001 issued from F.No.204/01/96-CX6.

This notification extends the advance ruling scheme to certain category of residents

August 20, 2009 388 Views 0 comment Print

GSR In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (iii) of clause (c) of section 23A of the Central Excise Act , 1944( 1 of 1944), the Central Government hereby specifies any public sector company as class of persons for the purposes of the said clause.

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