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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


A person having direct or indirect interest in business is related person for Central Excise valuation provisions: SC

March 23, 2023 1734 Views 0 comment Print

Who can be said to be related person u/s 4(4)(c) of Central Excise Act, 1944 to enable authorities to discard transaction value & arrive at a valuation otherwise?

Excise: Fixation of MRP must be mandated by law to claim Section 4(A) exemption- SC

March 22, 2023 2091 Views 0 comment Print

SC held that fixation of MRP must have been mandated by law and in the present case the institutional sale to paramilitary forces being exempted from such fixation under legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules,2011, the voluntary fixing of the MRP could not make the respondent eligible to get the exemption on institutional sales and thus allowed the SLP of the department.

Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority in respect of M/s Lawson Tours and Travels (India) Pvt. Ltd

March 21, 2023 900 Views 0 comment Print

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs in supersession of the Order No. 01/2015 dated 09.01.2015, hereby appoints the Principal Commissioner/Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax, Mumbai South Commissionerate as the Central Excise Officer to exercise the powers of Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994

Govt increases SAED on Diesel to Rs. 1 per litre wef 21.03.2023

March 20, 2023 1329 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to further amend No. 04/2022-Central Excise, dated the 30th June, 2022 , to increase the Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on Diesel from Rs. 0.50 per litre to Rs. 1 per litre w.e.f. 21st day of March, 2023 Vide Notification No. 14/2023-Central Excise Dated: 20th March, 2023. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi […]

Govt reduces SAED on production of Petroleum Crude wef 21.03.2023

March 20, 2023 939 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to amend No. 18/2022-Central Excise, dated the 19th July, 2022 to reduce the Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on production of Petroleum Crude from Rs. 4,400 per tonne to Rs. 3,500 per tonne w.e.f. 21st day of March, 2023 Vide Notification No. 13/2023-Central Excise Dated: 20th March, 2023. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New […]

Refund post finalization of provisional assessment u/r 9B of Central Excise Rules not hit by unjust enrichment

March 17, 2023 1308 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that unjust enrichment is not applicable to refund consequent upon finalization of provisional assessment under Rule 9B of Central Excise Rules, 1944.

Decide Excise duty Refund based on certificate from buyer & CA: CESTAT

March 17, 2023 3894 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that appellant for the first time submitted certificate from the buyer reflecting that price in the supply order is without excise duty and also certificate from Chartered Accountant establishing that incidence of duty has not been passed on. Accordingly, matter remanded for deciding refund on that basis.

SVLDR Scheme: HC allows payment after 30.06.2020 (due date) as challan was expired

March 16, 2023 3366 Views 0 comment Print

Innovative Antares Pvt. Ltd. Vs Union of India (Bombay High Court) Rejects Revenues contention that the payment could not be made beyond 30.06.2020 (due date). Rejects Revenues contention that the SVLDR Scheme is over The petitioner was a trader and service provider. It filed declaration under the SVLDR Scheme. The Form 3 was issued calling […]

Exemption notification 25/2012-ST covers all construction activities other than construction of market sheds etc.

March 16, 2023 14442 Views 0 comment Print

Allahabad High Court held that word infrastructure in exemption notification no. 25/2012-ST dated 20.06.2012 includes all construction activities other than construction of market shed, shops etc. which are necessary for providing Post-harvest infrastructure for agricultural produce.

Rejection of input service credit distributed by ISD on pretext that invoice doesn’t contain all particulars unjustified

March 15, 2023 2016 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that input service credit when distributed by the Input Services Distributor (ISD), cannot be held as inadmissible on the pretext that such invoices did not contain all the particulars as required in terms of Rule 4A of CCR 2004.

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