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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 20976 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 3582 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 90 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 84 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 216 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


Scrap generated during the process of manufacture is not liable to excise duty

April 26, 2023 1947 Views 0 comment Print

Waste and scrap are emerging as by-products during the course of manufacture of other products and therefore are not exigible to excise duty.

Cost of Corrugated Boxes supplied Free of Cost Includible in Transaction Value

April 26, 2023 708 Views 0 comment Print

Cost of free supplied corrugated boxes need to be included into assessable value of metal containers for payment of Central Excise duty.

CIRP already passed: CESTAT disposes appeal as per NCLT directions

April 25, 2023 939 Views 0 comment Print

Ruchi Soya Industries Limited Vs Principal Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (CESTAT Chennai) Ld. Counsel Shri Vishal Sundar submitted that Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) was initiated in respect of the appellant under the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 by order of the National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai (NCLT) dt. 08.12.2017 […]

Wheel of justice should not stop for filing of Appeal with SC if no stay been granted

April 24, 2023 1284 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad dismisses revenue’s appeal against IOCL, affirming the transaction value under Section 4(1)(a), setting a precedent for similar cases.

Classification of service cannot be disturbed or challenged at the end of service recipient

April 24, 2023 2340 Views 0 comment Print

Credit availed by an assessee cannot be denied or varied on the ground that the classification of service should have been made in a different category by the provider of service.

CESTAT explains Test to determine unjust-enrichment

April 23, 2023 1182 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad orders a fresh look into Vapi Care Pharma’s refund claim, probing the unjust enrichment aspect and duty pass-through.

Extended period of limitation cannot be invoked if facts were known to Revenue

April 23, 2023 1206 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad decides in favor of Eimco Elecon India Ltd, setting aside demand for reversal of cenvat credit and penalty, citing past tribunal order.

Rule 8(3A) of Central Excise Rules, 2002 ultra vires – CESTAT follows HC Ruling

April 19, 2023 2784 Views 0 comment Print

Indus Tropics Ltd Vs C.C.E. & S.T. Rajkot (CESTAT Ahmedabad) The issue in brief is that though entire defaulted amount of central excise duty along with interest stands deposited with a delay of few weeks, the Department is of the view that as per the provisions of Rule 8(3A) of Central Excise Rules, 2002, the […]

Raw material supplier cannot be implicated for clandestine removal of goods by buyer

April 19, 2023 1215 Views 0 comment Print

The raw material supplier cannot be implicated for clandestine removal of the goods by the buyer of the raw material.

Validity of Penalty for wrong availment of CENVAT Credit on Employee

April 19, 2023 1461 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that penalty under Rule 15(1) on the present appellant, who is merely an employee of the Company, is not sustainable.

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