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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 732 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 588 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 20997 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 3639 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 186 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 342 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 246 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 207 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 486 Views 0 comment Print


Notification No. 85/2003-Central Excise (N.T.), Dated: 31.12.2003

December 31, 2003 337 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (i) and (ii) of section 133 of the Finance Act, 2002 (20 of 2002), the Central Government hereby further amends the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 58/2003-CENTRAL EXCISE (N.T.), dated the 22nd July, 2003

Notification No. 81/2003-Central Excise; Dated: 31.12.2003

December 31, 2003 535 Views 0 comment Print

The principal notification No. 58/2003-CENTRAL EXCISE, dated the 22nd July, 2003, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide G.S.R 575 ( E), dated the 22nd July, 2003 and was last amended by notification No.77/2003-Central Excise, dated the 29th November, 2003 [G.S.R. 812 (E), dated the 29th November, 2003.

Notification No. 80/2003-Central Excise; Dated: 26.12.2003

December 26, 2003 409 Views 0 comment Print

The principal notification No. 7/2003-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2003 was published in the Gazette of India vide number G.S.R. 137(E), dated the 1st March, 2003 and was last amended vide notification No. 75 /2003-Central Excise, dated the 27th October, 2003[G.S.R. 842(E), dated the 27th October, 2003.

Notification No. 83/2003-Central Excise (N.T.), Dated: 22.12.2003

December 22, 2003 616 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (2) of rule 3 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), number 14/2002-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 8th March, 2002

Notification No. 79/2003-Central Excise; Dated; 22.12.2003

December 22, 2003 424 Views 0 comment Print

n the said notification, in Annexure II, under heading ‘2. JAMMU PROVINCE’, in sub-heading ‘(I) DISTRICT JAMMU’, under heading ‘(C) Existing location run by Directorate of Industries and Commerce’, in the Table, against S.No. 2, in column ‘Name of the Industrial Area’, for the entry “E.P.I.P. Kartholi Bari Brahamana”, the entry “SIDCO Industrial Complex Bari Brahmana or E.P.I.P. Kartholi or Village Kartholi or Village Birpur”, shall be substituted.

Circular No. 766/82/2003-Central Excise, Dated: 15.12.2003

December 15, 2003 3562 Views 0 comment Print

I am directed to state that instances have come to the notice of the Board that even after the completion of one month period from the due date where the amount of duty outstanding and the interest payable thereon are not paid within the due date, immediate necessary action as per law to recover such arrears is not taken by the field officers. It has also been represented to Board by Trade and Industry that in the event, the duty is not being paid by the manufacturer of the goods

Circular No. 765/81/2003-Central Excise, Dated: 10.12.2003

December 10, 2003 811 Views 0 comment Print

Please refer to Board’s Circular No.744/60/2003-CX Dated 11.09.2003, whereby it was informed that Department’s appeal on the above issue, in the case of T.V.S. Suzuki Ltd., has been dismissed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court vide their judgment dated 06.08.2003 [reported in 2003 (156) ELT 161 (SC)] and that the said judgment has been accepted by the Board.

Circular No. 764/80/2003-Central Excise 3, Dated: 04.12.2003

December 4, 2003 583 Views 0 comment Print

Kind attention is invited to the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Commissioner of Customs, Chennai vs. M/s. Yeses International [2001 (133) ELT 526 (SC)], on the above subject. As indicated in Para 6 of the said judgment, as regards the demurrage charges, counsel for the Department had stated that they cannot be included in the assessable value.

Notification No. 82/2003-Central Excise (N.T.), Dated: 29.11.2003

November 29, 2003 478 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (i ) and (ii) of section 133 of the Finance Act, 2002 (20 of 2002), the Central Government hereby further amends the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 58/2003-CENTRAL EXCISE (N.T.), dated the 22nd July, 2003, published in the Gazette of India

Notification No. 77/2003-Central Excise; Dated: 29.11.2003

November 29, 2003 544 Views 0 comment Print

The principal notification No. 59/2003-CENTRAL EXCISE, dated the 22nd July, 2003, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide G.S.R 576 (E), dated the 22nd July, 2003 and was last amended by notification No. 73/2003-Central Excise, dated the 14th October, 2003 [G.S.R. 812 (E), dated the 14th October, 2003.

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