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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


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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


Cenvat allowed on steel items used in fabrication of capital goods and their accessories inside manufacturing premises

September 22, 2021 1050 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT applied the User Test to the facts in hand and held that the structural items used in the fabrication of support structures would fall within the ambit of Capital Goods as contemplated under Rule 2(a) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, hence will be entitled to the Cenvat Credit.

Rajasthan HC quashes petitions seeking tax relief on the sale of liquor

September 22, 2021 2271 Views 0 comment Print

Babu Khan Vs State of Rajasthan (Rajasthan High Court) In Babu Khan v. State of Rajasthan and Ors. there were a total of 121 Writ Petitions filed by the Liquor Vendors seeking waivers on the annual guarantee fee and tax relief for the second wave time period of COVID-19. In the case, the Petitioners contended […]

CESTAT allows Cenvat credit for skill competition between dealers & employees

September 19, 2021 558 Views 0 comment Print

Maruti Suzuki is in appeal against the impugned order wherein cenvat credit on event management service has been denied on the ground that the same does not cover under Rule 2(l) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 as input service.

GST act contains provision for refund of CVD/SAD paid under erstwhile regime

September 15, 2021 4455 Views 0 comment Print

Flexi Caps And Polymers Pvt Ltd Vs Commissioner, CGST (CESTAT Delhi) The apparent fact on record is that the appellant has paid the entire CVD/SAD upon the goods imported by the appellant, as inputs, for manufacturing its final product. No doubt, initially the import was made duty free but for the reason that the appellant […]

Addition of two sheds to existing manufacturing cannot be seen as establishment of new industrial units

September 11, 2021 846 Views 0 comment Print

Union of India Vs Dharampal Satyapal Ltd. (Tripura High Court) This appeal is filed by the department to challenge the judgment of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT for short) dated 20.11.2019. Following substantial question of law is framed for our consideration: “Whether the Tribunal was right in law in coming to the […]

Application of Principal User Test is important to classify Relays under Railways Signaling Equipment

September 11, 2021 1410 Views 0 comment Print

Current appeal has been filed discussing the taxability of ‘Relays’, which is used as a part of Railway Signalling System. Westinghouse Saxby Farmer Ltd (Appellant) has come in the Court aggrieved by the dismissal of appeal challenging the same by the Hon’ble CESTAT, Kolkata vide order dated March 26, 2008.

SVLDRS: Word ‘quantified’ includes duty liability admitted (in writing) by a person (during an enquiry or investigation)

September 7, 2021 1032 Views 0 comment Print

Magma Industries Limited Vs Designated Committee Office of Commissioner CGST & 2 Ors. (Allahabad High Court) Clearly, a person against whom an enquiry, investigation or audit may be pending and whose ‘tax dues’ may not have been ‘quantified’, would remain ineligible to make a declaration on form SVLDRS-1. According to the revenue, for the purposes […]

Interest liable to be paid on belated excise duty refund

September 3, 2021 858 Views 0 comment Print

The contention of the Revenue is that Section 11 BB of the Central Excise Act would not be applicable in the present case as it is a delayed refund of certain exemptions and will not be covered by Section 11 BB of the Act

Sanctioned Refund cannot be considered as “erroneous”

September 2, 2021 4683 Views 0 comment Print

RNB Carbides & Ferro Alloys Private Limited Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Kolkata) Current appeal has been filed against Order-in-Appeal No.29/SH/CE(A)/GHY/09 dated December 18, 2009 (OIA), wherein the revenue after scrutinizing the M/s. RNB Carbides & Ferro Alloys Private Limited (Appellants) accounts book held that the Appellants had overvalued its products by including freight […]

No cenvat reversal for loss of inputs/packing material in fire

September 1, 2021 3378 Views 0 comment Print

Cipy Polyurethanes Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Mumbai) The decision of Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of BPL Display Devices Ltd [2004 (174) ELT 5 (SC)] clearly lays down that once the goods are procured for an intended use, then the benefit available and availed by them should not be denied […]

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