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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 3159 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 3532 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 3348 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 1917 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 3624 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 132 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 66 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 336 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 237 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 192 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


Duty demand u/r 17H of Central Excise Rules merely for clearance after 6 months unsustainable

November 3, 2022 492 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that as there was no manufacture of fresh goods there cannot be a duty demand under rule 173H of the Central Excise Rules, 1944 merely for reason of clearance after 6 months.

CESTAT upheld penalty on cenvat credit availed on input service used for manufacture of exempted goods

November 3, 2022 420 Views 0 comment Print

Sakthi Sugars Ltd. Vs Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (CESTAT Chennai) With regard to cenvat credit of input service availed for manufacture of exempted goods, namely, Ethyl Alcohol, the only argument put forward by the Ld. Counsel for appellant is that they had availed credit by inadvertent mistake. The said mistake would not have […]

CENVAT credit eligible on goods used for manufacturing of BMD Vehicles & Storage Tank which are must for preparing Bulk Explosive

November 3, 2022 924 Views 0 comment Print

Prasad Explosive & Chemicals Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax (CESTAT Kolkata) The present appeal has been filed by the Appellant against the Order-in-Appeal No.43/RAN/2018 dated 01.02.2018 passed by Commissioner (Appeals) of CGST & Central Excise, Ranchi. 2.1 The facts in brief are that the Appellants are engaged in the manufacture of “Emulsion […]

Cenvat credit eligible on input & packaging materials used for testing products

November 3, 2022 1281 Views 0 comment Print

Alkem Laboratories Ltd Vs C.C.E (CESTAT Ahmedabad) Whether the Appellant is entitled to Cenvat Credit in respect of inputs and packing materials used in the manufacture of medicament (exhibit batches) and the same is tested for trial and quality purpose and were destroyed / disposed off within the factory thereafter? CESTAT find that there is […]

HC set-aside ex-parte order passed after keeping proceedings in call book for 17 years without intimating Assessee

November 2, 2022 1227 Views 0 comment Print

Parimal Textiles Vs Union of India (Gujarat High Court) This order­ in ­original the petitioners have challenged in the present petition mainly on the ground that the department did not take any steps for adjudication for nearly 17 years. After that without ensuring that the notices were served, department proceeded ex­parte against the petitioners and […]

Inordinate delay in adjudication results into denial of principles of natural justice

November 2, 2022 1995 Views 0 comment Print

It is settled law that inordinate delay (17 Years in this case) in adjudication results into denial of principles of natural justice and such violation cannot be overlooked by any authority.

CBIC increases Special Additional Excise Duty on Diesel to Rs. 11.50 per litre

November 1, 2022 1602 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC amends Notification No. 04/2022-Central Excise, dated 30th June, 2022, to increase Special Additional Excise Duty on Diesel to Rs. 11.50 per litre vide Notification No. 37/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 1st November, 2022. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi Notification No. 37/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 1st November, 2022 G.S.R. ….(E). […]

SAED on Petroleum Crude Production reduced & increased on Aviation Turbine Fuel

November 1, 2022 846 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC reduces Special Additional Excise Duty on production of Petroleum Crude to Rs. 9,500 per tonne and increases Special Additional Excise Duty export of Aviation Turbine Fuel to Rs. 5 per litre vide Notification No. 36/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 1st November, 2022. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi Notification No. […]

Mechanism for implementation of additional basic excise duty on sale of unblended petrol

October 31, 2022 1125 Views 0 comment Print

Mechanism for implementation of additional basic excise duty @Rs. 2 per litre levied on sale of unblended motor spirit (commonly known as petrol) – Circular No. 1085/06/2022-CX

Multiple litigations in Budgetary Support Scheme Refund

October 29, 2022 3855 Views 0 comment Print

Find out about the litigations surrounding the Budgetary Support Scheme Refund in India. Learn more about the impact on eligible units and the reimbursement process.

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