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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 3654 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 3150 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 20982 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 3339 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 3591 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 93 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 111 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 210 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


Manufacturer shall not avail CENVAT Credit if refund claim is filed under Notification No. 41/2007-ST 

May 10, 2023 750 Views 0 comment Print

CPC (P) Ltd Vs Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (CESTAT Chennai) The issue involved in all these appeals being the same, were heard together and disposed by this common order. 2. Brief facts are that the appellants hold Central Excise registration as well as Service Tax registration. During the scrutiny of CENVAT documents, it […]

Reversal of Cenvat credit at appellate stage before CESTAT complies notification no. 5/2006-CE 

May 10, 2023 492 Views 0 comment Print

Acme Ceramics Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) CESTAT held that reversal of credit and payment of interest thereon, can be adjusted from the payment of Rs. 2 lacs already made by the appellant. We find that the Tribunal/Court in the judgments cited by the appellant held that even if the assessee agreeing to reverse […]

Ashwini Homeo Arnica Hair Oil classifiable as ‘medicament’ under Chapter 30

May 10, 2023 1413 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held that Aswini Homeo Arnica Hair Oil being manufactured and marked as Homeopathy medicine is classifiable under Chapter 30 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act and cannot be branded as a cosmetic.

Excise duty demand will not sustain if after adjusting Cenvat credit no differential demand arises

May 9, 2023 1284 Views 0 comment Print

Commissioner of Central Excise & ST Vs Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Limited (CESTAT Ahmedabad) CESTAT find that appeal can be disposed of only on threshold point that whether the entire case involves the Revenue neutrality or otherwise. There is no dispute that all the goods on which the duty was demanded have been imported duly paid […]

Excise Duty cannot de demanded on Amortization Cost of Cylinder if same already included in value of packaging material

May 8, 2023 900 Views 0 comment Print

Pvn Fabrics Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) As regard the demand of duty on cylinder used for printing of packaging material, we find that though the invoice was issued for sale of cylinder but the same was not cleared from the factory and the same was used within the factory since it is used […]

Pre-delivery inspection charges includible in assessable value if inspection is mandatory for sale of goods

May 8, 2023 1614 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT observe that pre-delivery inspection charges are includible in the assessable value when such pre-delivery inspection is mandatory and an essential condition for the sale of the goods

Demand of extended period not sustainable If no suppression of facts

May 8, 2023 2082 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that since there is no suppression of fact, demand of extended period is not sustainable. Penalty imposed was unwarranted

CENVAT Credit not deniable alleging supplier not liable to pay duty

May 6, 2023 1626 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that irrespective of the fact that whether at the supplier’s end duty is payable or otherwise, CENVAT Credit not deniable once duty has been paid on the goods at the recipient end. In nut-shell, CENVAT not deniable on the ground that the supplier was not liable to pay duty on goods supplied.

‘Permanently’ in 4th Proviso to rule 9 of Pan Masala Packing Machine Rules means particular month

May 5, 2023 960 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that the term ‘permanently’ in 4th Proviso to rule 9 of Pan Masala Packing Machine Rules is clearly related to a particular month and not forever.

Denial of CENVAT credit merely because invoice didn’t mentioned event details is unjustified

May 5, 2023 1215 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that denial of CENVAT credit of ‘event management services’ merely because invoice didn’t mention what event was being organized is unjustified.

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