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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 3159 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 3345 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 1911 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 3603 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 93 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 237 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 189 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 216 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


Circular No. 668/59/2002-Central Excise Dated: 30.09.2002

September 30, 2002 634 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No.668/59/2002-CX I am directed to refer to Board’s Circular No.662/53/2002-CX dated 17.9.2002 on Central Excise Registration which details the new procedure for Registration providing inter alia for automatic generation of temporary 15-digit Registration Number for the assessees not having PAN. The new temporary number will be automatically generated by the system on 1.10.2002.

Exemption for Jute Intermediates Duty Notification

September 30, 2002 2380 Views 1 comment Print

The Central Government exempts excise duty on jute intermediates consumed in the same factory for manufacturing, recognizing past non-levy practices.

Circular No. 667/58/2002-Central Excise, Dated: 26.09.2002

September 26, 2002 901 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No. 667/58/2002-CX It was clarified therein that in the context of notifications which exempt specified goods provided such goods have been made from other goods on which appropriate duty of excise has already been paid, the benefit would be available even if the inputs are exempted from excise duty.

Notification No. 50/2002-Central Excise Dated: 25/09/2002

September 25, 2002 487 Views 0 comment Print

The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide notification No. 6/2002-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2002 [G.S.R.127(E), dated the 1st March, 2002] and was last amended by notification No. 47/2002-Central Excise, dated the 6th September, 2002 [G.S.R. 626 (E), dated the 6th September, 2002.

Circular No. 666/57/2002-Central Excise, Dated: 25.09.2002

September 25, 2002 1660 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No. 666/57/2002-CX I am directed to say that the Board had issued a Circular No.231/65/96-CX dt.12.7.96 clarifying that assemblies or sub-assemblies of parts of air conditioning machines are different from “parts” and therefore the exemption available to ‘parts’ would not apply to ‘assemblies/sub-assemblies’. This clarification was given in the context of a manufacturer clearing the cooling units and the condensing units of split air-conditioners

Circular No. 665/56/2002-Central Excise, Dated: 25.09.2002

September 25, 2002 802 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No. 665/56/2002-CX I am directed to refer to the subject cited above and to say that in the absence of a corresponding provision to rule 57R(2) of Central Excise Rules, 1944 in new rules effective from 1.7.2001, a doubt has arisen whether cenvat credit shall be available on the capital goods used in manufacturing of intermediate goods exempt from payment of duty

Circular No.664/55/2002-Central Excise, Dated: 25.09.2002

September 25, 2002 505 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No.664/55/2002-CX the words, figures and brackets “F.No.201/6/2001-CX.6(Pt.)” appearing at the top of the opening page may be read as “F.No.201/6/2002-CX.6(Pt.)”.

Circular No. 663/54/2002-Central Excise, Dated: 23.09.2002

September 23, 2002 805 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No. 663/54/2002-CX I am directed to refer to the present procedure of Accountal of Petroleum Products movements through pipelines without payment of duty governed by instructions of Board vide letter 20/1/66-CX III dated 12.5.66 as amended by letter F.No. 11A/14/70-CX8 dated 7.6.71. As per these instructions, the consignment wise ARE-3 is generated at the refinery end and the re conciliation is carried out annually. At the end of the year, the quantities of ‘line fill’ and ‘intermix’ are determined

Notification amends Notification No. 38/2001-Central Excise (N.T.), Dated 26th June, 2001

September 17, 2002 550 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of powers conferred by clause (b) of section 2 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 read with sub-rule (1) of rule 3 and rule 33 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, the Central Board of Excise and Customs makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India Ministry of Finance

Notification amends Notification No. 36/2001-Central Excise (N.T.), Dated 26th June, 2001

September 17, 2002 2701 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of powers conferred by rule 9 read with rule 32 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 36/2001-Central Excise (N.T.) dated the 26th June, 2001

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