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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


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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 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


CESTAT allows remission of duty on goods destroyed in a fire incident

June 27, 2023 975 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad grants relief to Sun Pharmaceuticals, allowing the remission of duty application on goods destroyed in a fire incident.

Appointment of CAA in respect of SCNs issued to units of Vishnu Pouch Packaging Pvt. Ltd

June 26, 2023 366 Views 0 comment Print

Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to units of M/s Vishnu Pouch Packaging Pvt. Ltd Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued an order appointing a Central Excise officer as the Common Adjudicating Authority for the purpose of adjudicating Show Cause Notices (SCNs) issued to M/s Vishnu […]

EOU eligible to avail exemption as per notification no. 10/1997-CE dated 1.03.1997

June 26, 2023 813 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that benefit of exemption in terms of section 5A vide notification no. 10/1997-CE dated 1.03.1997 duly extended to EOU.

Goods used as input qualify for MODVAT credit, Irrespective of name on Bill of Entry

June 26, 2023 675 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai’s ruling on the Khandelwal Laboratories P Ltd Vs Commissioner of CGST & CE case underscores the principle that duty-paid goods used as input should qualify for MODVAT credit, regardless of the name on the Bills of Entry.

Appeal against Revocation of Central Excise Registration Meaningless After GST Implementation

June 25, 2023 381 Views 0 comment Print

Discover the judgment of the CESTAT in the case of Commissioner of GST & Central Excise Vs Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd, where revocation of Central Excise Registration was deemed meaningless post-GST implementation.

Refund claim hit by principles of unjust enrichment on failure to prove that incidence of duty not passed on

June 24, 2023 1983 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that the appellant has failed to discharge its burden of proving that burden of duty has not been passed on to the customer. Accordingly, since incidence of the duty has been passed on to the buyers therefore, the refund is hit by the principles of unjust enrichment.

When no other price available at time of stock transfer value should be determined via best judgment method

June 24, 2023 762 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Kolkata held that when there is no other price available at the time of clearance of the goods from the factory to depot on stock transfer basis, the only way available is to determine the assessable value based on the best judgment method.

CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand on Cenvated Inputs used in Job Work

June 24, 2023 414 Views 0 comment Print

Delve into the Rama Ferro Alloys & Finance Private Limited Vs Commissioner of CGST & CX case where CESTAT Kolkata rules in favour of the appellant regarding utilization of cenvated inputs in job work.

Demand as job worker unsustained in absence of supply of goods by principal manufacturer

June 22, 2023 888 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chandigarh held that job worker is the one who works upon the goods supplied directly or indirectly by the principal manufacturer. In absence of the said supply, appellants do not fit into the definition of ‘job worker’. Hence, demand unsustainable.

Cenvat Credit Rejection Requires Consideration of Evidences, Not Assumptions

June 21, 2023 411 Views 0 comment Print

Explore CESTAT Mumbai judgement in Astoria Agro & Allied Inds Pvt Ltd Vs Commissioner of CGST, underlining importance of evidence consideration in rejecting Cenvat Credit claims

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