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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 3153 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 3594 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


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 87 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

CESTAT Allows Appeals as Manufacturer & Marketing Company Were Not Related Persons

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chandigarh held that the manufacturer and marketing company could not be treated as related persons under the Central Excis...

June 5, 2026 87 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows Appeal as Manufacturer & Marketing Company Were Not Related Persons

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chandigarh held that the manufacturer and marketing company could not be treated as related persons under the Central Excis...

June 5, 2026 117 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 219 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


Zymegold Plus and Dripzyme are classifiable under CTH 3101 as fertilizer

May 17, 2023 957 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai held that products Zymegold Plus and Dripzyme are classifiable under CTH 3101 as Fertilizer and not as Plant Growth Regulator.

CENVAT Credit on free warranty service provided via dealer duly available to manufacturer

May 17, 2023 879 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chandigarh held that CENVAT Credit on warranty service provided free of cost during the warranty period through third parties dealer cannot be denied to the manufacturer.

Extended period of limitation cannot be invoked if issue on merit decided in favour of Assessee

May 16, 2023 2214 Views 0 comment Print

Facts regarding non payment of duty by the appellant or in other words the amount retained of sales tax collected from the customer, came to the notice of the Department only through the audit of the records conducted by the Audit Officer.

Time bar not apply to refund of duty paid by mistake

May 16, 2023 1584 Views 0 comment Print

Discover how CESTAT Delhi’s ruling favored Pine Laminates Pvt. Limited, allowing their refund claim under section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944, challenging rejection based on time limitation.

SAED on production of Petroleum Crude reduced to Nil wef 16th May, 2023

May 15, 2023 1146 Views 0 comment Print

Govt reduces Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on production of Petroleum Crude from Rs.4100 per tonne to Rs. Rs. Nil per tonne w.e.f. 16th May, 2023 Vide Notification No. 22/2023-Central Excise | Dated: 15th May, 2023. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) Notification No. 22/2023-Central Excise | Dated: 15th May, 2023 G.S.R. 366(E).—In exercise of the […]

Jute Cess payable only when goods are removed from factory

May 13, 2023 546 Views 0 comment Print

Jute Cess will be payable only when the goods are removed from the factory and hence the demands made in all three Orders are not sustainable.

Conversion of One Stage of Yarn into Another not amounts to Manufacture

May 12, 2023 1257 Views 0 comment Print

Hada Textiles Industries Limited Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax (CESTAT Kolkata) Department had demanded duty on the cotton yarn in view of the Chapter Note I to Chapter 52 of CETA, 1985 on the ground that products covered under Heading No.52.03, sizing, beaming, warping, winding or reeling or any one or more […]

Excise Duty based on ACP fixed by Commissioner payable unless Assessee submit evidence of Actual production

May 11, 2023 546 Views 0 comment Print

Hazra Iron Works Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Kolkata) Appellant has not paid the duty as per the ACP (Annual Capacity of Production) fixed by the Commissioner for the years 1997-1998 and 1998-1999. The Appellant’s contention is that they have not opted for payment of duty under 96ZP(3) and hence they are liable to […]

CESTAT on disallowance of CENVAT Credit attributable to trading activities

May 11, 2023 1620 Views 0 comment Print

ThyssenKrupp Industries India Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner of CE & ST (CESTAT Mumbai) Appellant undertake design, engineering, manufacture, supply, transport and erection & commissioning activities of various projects. They supply/sale duty-paid / non-duty paid materials, components, structural steel, parts, and machinery etc. for the said projects, which are either cleared from their manufacturing units or […]

Disallowance of expense already disallowed by Assessee amounts to double disallowance

May 10, 2023 3918 Views 0 comment Print

Ld. AO has disallowed the provision for sick leave amounting to Rs. 80,51,334/- which has already been disallowed by the assessee in its computation of taxable income. Para 5.15 of CIT(A)’s order at page 17 refers. Therefore, sustenance thereof will amount to double disallowance.

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