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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 3147 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 20979 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 3330 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


Value of bought out items supplied with manufactured goods not includible in assessable value

May 1, 2023 1149 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that value of bought out items supplied along with manufactured goods cannot be included in the assessable value of the manufactured goods.

‘MIRACULAN’ containing 0.05% Traicontanol is product under category of insecticides

May 1, 2023 987 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that the product MIRACULAN which primarily contains Traicontanol 0.05% by weight is a product under the category of Insecticides and cannot be considered as the plant growth regulator.

Govt reduces SAED on production of Petroleum Crude to Rs. 4100 per tonne

May 1, 2023 729 Views 0 comment Print

Govt reduces Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on production of Petroleum Crude from Rs. 6400 per tonne to Rs. Rs. 4100 per tonne w.e.f. 02nd May, 2023 Vide Notification No. 21/2023-Central Excise | Dated: 1st May, 2023. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi Notification No. 21/2023 – Central Excise | Dated : 1st May, […]

Denying cross examination of witnesses and non-supplying of records renders proceeding untenable

April 28, 2023 1110 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Kolkata held that denial of cross examination of witnesses and non-supply of relevant records is clear violation of principle of natural justice and accordingly impugned order is unsustainable.

Appeal can be filed against Excise Superintendent letter denying benefit 

April 28, 2023 807 Views 0 comment Print

Letter written by Central Excise Superintendent is a decision against which appeal lies before Commissioner (Appeals) under Section 35

Suo motu availment of Cenvat Credit reversed during Litigation: CESTAT Remands Matter back to adjudicating authority

April 28, 2023 747 Views 0 comment Print

Short issue involved in the present case for determination is as to whether appellant could suo motu take credit reversed during litigation

If a new & distinct commodity known to Market is produced, the process amounts to manufacture

April 28, 2023 843 Views 0 comment Print

Manufacture requires that a new distinct marketable goods should be produced.So long as a new and distinct commodity known to the market is produced, the process amounts to manufacture and not otherwise. 

Insurance claim have no bearing on claim for remission of duty

April 28, 2023 873 Views 0 comment Print

In case the goods are lost or destroyed by natural causes or by unavoidable accidents during handling or storage in the store room or other approved premises the duty cannot be demanded.

CESTAT upheld denial of Cenvat Credit on failure to produce evidence in support of job work claim

April 28, 2023 666 Views 0 comment Print

A manufacturer of finished goods is allowed the benefit of availment of CENVAT Credit on any inputs used in the manufacture of intermediate goods, processed by way of job work, availing the benefit of exemption as contained in MF, DR Notification No. 214/86-CE dated 25.03.1986, and received by them for use in or in relation to, the manufacture of final product.

When demand itself is not sustainable, penalty cannot be imposed

April 27, 2023 2865 Views 0 comment Print

Commissioner of Central Excise Vs Ultra Tech Cement Limited (CESTAT Kolkata) Respondent submits that when the demand itself is not sustainable, the question of imposing penalty does not arise. He further submits that the impugned order has erroneously invoked the extended period of limitation under Section 11A(1) of the Act on the ground of willful […]

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