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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 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 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 3609 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 111 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 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 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


No Penalty for Unrecorded Finished Goods in Factory without Evidence of Clandestine Removal

January 15, 2024 1179 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi in Sharma Steel Rolling Mills vs Commissioner held that No Penalty for Unrecorded Finished Goods in Factory without Evidence of Clandestine Removal and personal penalty on employee need not be imposed as he is acting under direction of his employer

CESTAT upholds duty drawback on bulk tea exports which was procured from Manufacturers

January 13, 2024 666 Views 0 comment Print

Read the detailed analysis of the Calcutta High Court judgment in Narendra Tea Company vs. Union of India, allowing the 100% EOU’s duty drawback claim on bulk tea.

Denial of budgetary support scheme to industrial units not required to register under Central Excise unjustified

January 13, 2024 1212 Views 0 comment Print

Gauhati High Court held that industrial units which was not required to be registered under the Central Excise Act, either due to low threshold limit or as manufacturing goods that were exempted, cannot be denied benefit of budgetary support scheme.

Clandestine removal allegation based on certain statements untenable as cross-examination denied

January 13, 2024 1152 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai held that witnesses relied upon by the central excise authorities are not acceptable evidence in the absence of cross-examination that was denied. Hence, matter alleging clandestine removal mainly resting upon certain statements is remanded back to enable cross-examination.

Service Tax refund on transportation charges cannot be denied for non-production of lorry receipts

January 9, 2024 723 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the CESTAT Chennai order granting service tax refund for transportation charges without lorry receipts. Analysis of Notification No.17/2009-ST and the procedural infraction.

Clean Energy Cess on coal closing stock as of June 30, 2017, not leviable post-GST

January 6, 2024 2343 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the CESTAT Delhi ruling on the levy of Clean Energy Cess on coal closing stock as of June 30, 2017, its implications, and the decisive factors involved.

P&H HC Grants Bail to Retd Joint Commissioner in alleged Excise Fraud Case

January 3, 2024 1104 Views 0 comment Print

Read the full judgment/order of Punjab and Haryana High Court in Gopi Chand Chaudhary Vs State of Haryana. Retired Joint Commissioner granted bail on account of ISS fraud. Details and analysis provided.

Excise duty refund cannot be adjusted against demand without providing an opportunity to appellant

January 2, 2024 669 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the CESTAT Bangalore case of J K Tyre vs Commissioner regarding the validity of excise duty refund appropriation. Detailed analysis of the order and its implications.

CBIC Reduces Excise Duty on Diesel Exports to Nil wef 02.01.2024

January 1, 2024 678 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the latest Central Excise Notification 02/2024, effective from January 2, 2024, amending export duties on diesel. Details on reduced Special Additional Excise Duty and its impact.

SAED on Petroleum Crude & ATF Exports wef 02.01.2024

January 1, 2024 1236 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the latest central excise amendment (No. 01/2024) modifying duties on petroleum products. Learn about changes in Special Additional Excise Duty affecting crude production and ATF export.

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