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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 3156 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 20991 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 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 1911 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 3600 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit as Rule 16 Not Requires Goods to Be Returned to Same Buyer

Excise Duty : CESTAT Mumbai held that Rule 16(2) of the Central Excise Rules does not mandate that remanufactured goods be supplied back to the ...

June 10, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied for Plant Maintenance Services Misclassified as Civil Construction: CESTAT Delhi

Excise Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that works contract services used for repair and maintenance of existing plant and machinery qualify as input se...

June 9, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

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 90 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


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 234 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 189 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 216 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


Demand to be calculated on cum-duty basis if excise duty not collected bonafidely

December 15, 2022 3342 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that as the appellant bonafidely, in view of their claim of Area based exemption, didn’t collected central excise duty, they are entitled to benefit of recalculation of demand on cum-duty basis as per explanation to section 4(1)(b) of Central Excise Act.

Govt reduces SAED on Diesel to Rs. 3.5 per litre

December 15, 2022 1086 Views 0 comment Print

Notification  No. 43/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 15th December, 2022 – Seeks to further amend No. 04/2022-Central Excise, dated the 30th June, 2022 , to reduce the Special Additional Excise Duty on Diesel vide Notification  No. 43/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 15th December, 2022 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) Notification  No. 43/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 15th […]

Govt reduces SAED on production of Petroleum Crude and export of ATF

December 15, 2022 813 Views 0 comment Print

Notification  No. 42/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 15th December, 2022 – 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 and export of Aviation turbine Fuel (ATF) vide Notification  No. 42/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 15th December, 2022 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of […]

RCM on Works Contract Service not applicable to corporate assessee

December 13, 2022 2097 Views 0 comment Print

TDK India Private Limited Vs Commissioner of CGST & Excise (CESTAT Kolkata) Regarding Works Contract Service, it has been observed in the impugned order that w.e.f 01.07.2012, vide Notification No. 30/2012-ST, the reverse charge mechanism for Works Contract Service was introduced. I find that this Notification is applicable to individual/partnership firm and Hindu Undivided Family […]

Provisions of Rule 3(5)(B) of CCR, 2004 not attracted in case of a general provision

December 13, 2022 492 Views 0 comment Print

Jaisawal Neco Industries Ltd Vs Principal Commissioner of Central Tax & Central Excise (CESTAT Delhi) The issue involved in this appeal is whether the provisions of Rule 3(5)(B) of CCR, 2004 are attracted in case of making a general provision in the books of account for slow moving/non moving inventory, without reducing the value of […]

CBIC constitutes Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax Settlement Commission

December 13, 2022 1971 Views 0 comment Print

Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax Settlement Commission – A Filip to Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism for expeditious settlement of Show Cause Notices issued under Customs Act/Central Excise Act/Service Tax. Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax Settlement Commission – A Filip to Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism for expeditious settlement of Show Cause Notices issued under […]

Writ maintainable as no alternate efficacious remedy available

December 9, 2022 1752 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that as appellant have exhausted their appellate remedy and there is no alternate efficacious remedy available to the appellant, the court finds the case fit for exercise of discretionary powers under Article 226.

CBEC Circular related to valuation of goods sold to independent and related parties is not violative of central excise laws

December 9, 2022 1764 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No. 643/34/2002-CX dated July 1, 2002, issued by CBEC clarifying the doubts regarding Valuation Rules with respect to goods when sold partly to related persons and partly to independent buyers, is not violative of Central Excise Act 1994 and Central Excise Valuation Rules 2000.

Medicament supplies to institutional buyers/ government hospital to be valued u/s 4 of Central Excise Act

December 7, 2022 987 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that Medicament Supplies to Government Hospitals and Institutional Buyers shall be valued in terms of Section 4 and not Section 4A of the Central Excise Act, 1944.

Adjudication of liability by settlement commission after concluding that there is no true & fair disclosure of facts is unsustainable

December 7, 2022 1038 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that once the settlement commission concludes that there has been no true and fair disclosure of facts, the settlement commission cannot proceed to adjudicate the liability.

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