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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


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 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


Payment of 10% of value of exempted goods not enforceable after proportionate reversal of Cenvat Credit

September 11, 2023 903 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that even if the assessee has failed to maintain a separate account it was entitled to reverse proportionate Cenvat Credit. The option of paying an amount equal to 10% of the value of exempted goods could not have been enforced on the assessee.

Cenvat Credit Allowed for SMS Plant Installation Under ‘Modernization, Renovation or Repair’

September 11, 2023 549 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the details of the case Bhagwati Power & Steels Ltd. Vs Commissioner decided by CESTAT Delhi. Understand the verdict on the allowance of Cenvat Credit for installing an SMS Plant under modernization and renovation clauses.

CESTAT Quashes SCN for Lack of Suppression or Misstatement Allegations

September 11, 2023 639 Views 0 comment Print

A detailed analysis of CESTAT Bangalore’s ruling in favor of Nexteer Automotive India over the Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax. Learn why the show-cause notices were quashed.

Value of Tools and Dies Includable in Assessable Value of Excisable Goods

September 11, 2023 627 Views 0 comment Print

Understand the value of tools and dies includable in the assessable value of excisable goods with the recent ruling on this case by CESTAT Ahmedabad.

Demand of 10%/5% on exempted goods unsustainable as proportionate reversal already made

September 9, 2023 1086 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that reversal of proportionate credit towards exempted goods along with interest already made, the demand of 10% /6%/5% of the value of exempted goods shall not be sustainable

Incidence of Duty Borne by Appellant, Unjust to Credit Refund to Consumer Welfare Fund: CESTAT

September 9, 2023 516 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of the CESTAT Chennai order in Axon Drugs (P) Ltd Vs Commissioner of GST & Central Excise case. Discover why directing excise refund to Consumer Welfare Fund was deemed unjust.

Chlorinated Paraffin Wax (liquid form) classifiable under Sub Heading 3824 90 & CBIC  clarification has a retrospective effect

September 9, 2023 687 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of CESTAT Ahmedabad decision in Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd vs C.C.E. & S.T., focusing on retrospective effects of CBEC clarification on excise tax for Chlorinated Paraffin.

CENVAT Credit Denial Based on Delayed or non-Registration of ISD is Unlawful

September 9, 2023 726 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Kolkata ruling on Berger Paints India Ltd vs Commissioner of Central Excise: Can Cenvat Credit be denied based on non-registration or delayed registration as an Input Service Distributor (ISD)?

Removal of scrap generated during manufacture without payment of duty for job work justified

September 7, 2023 1014 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chandigarh held that scrap generated during manufacture can be removed without payment of duty for job work and can be used as inputs.

Excise Duty: Penalty unwarranted as amount paid before issuance of notice

September 7, 2023 564 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that imposition of penalty unwarranted as differential duty is already paid before issuance of show cause notice.

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