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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


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 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


Raw material supplier cannot be implicated for clandestine removal of goods by buyer

April 19, 2023 1215 Views 0 comment Print

The raw material supplier cannot be implicated for clandestine removal of the goods by the buyer of the raw material.

Validity of Penalty for wrong availment of CENVAT Credit on Employee

April 19, 2023 1467 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that penalty under Rule 15(1) on the present appellant, who is merely an employee of the Company, is not sustainable.

Penalties on both proprietorship firm & proprietor amounts to double penalty and hence unsustainable

April 18, 2023 3171 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Kolkata held that imposition of penalties on both proprietorship firm and proprietor amounts to imposition of penalty twice and the same is unsustainable in the eyes of law.

Govt reduces SAED on Diesel to Rs. nil per litre wef 19.04.2023

April 18, 2023 1740 Views 0 comment Print

Govt reduces Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on Diesel from Rs. 0.50 per litre to Rs. NIL per litre w.e.f. 19th day of April, 2023 Vide Notification No. 19/2023-Central Excise Dated: 18th April, 2023. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) NOTIFICATION Notification No.19/2023-Central Excise Dated: 18th April, 2023 G.S.R. 304(E)— In exercise of the powers conferred by […]

Govt increases SAED on production of Petroleum Crude to Rs. 6400 per tonne

April 18, 2023 711 Views 0 comment Print

Govt increases Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on production of Petroleum Crude from Rs. Nil per tonne to Rs. Rs. 6400 per tonne w.e.f. 19th day of April, 2023 Vide Notification No. 18/2023-Central Excise | Dated: 18th April, 2023. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) Notification No. 18/2023-Central Excise Dated: 18th April, 2023 G.S.R. 303(E)— […]

Pre-deposit payment method for cases pertaining to Central Excise & Service Tax -Reg.

April 18, 2023 7536 Views 0 comment Print

re-deposit payment method for cases pertaining to Central Excise & Service Tax- Issues faced by the taxpayers who have paid the pre-deposit amount through FORM GST DRC-03 in GST Appeals-

Clearance of two entities having same partners is to be clubbed for SSI exemption limit

April 18, 2023 2178 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that value of clearance of two entities having same partners are to be clubbed and excise duty on clearance exceeding the eligible limit of SSI exemption is duly payable.

Abating for fraudulent availment of Cenvat credit – CESTAT sustain penalty

April 18, 2023 558 Views 0 comment Print

Banas Enterprises Vs C.C.E & S.T. Daman (CESTAT Ahmedabad) CESTAT  find that there is no dispute about the fraudulent availment of Cenvat Credit by M/s. Tarun Polymers, Daman, who has wrongly availed the Cenvat Credit of huge amount of 29170642/-. In order to avail this fraudulent Cenvat credit by M/s. Tarun Polymers, Daman, all buyers […]

Balance left over in PLA is not covered by limitation

April 18, 2023 804 Views 0 comment Print

Amount deposited in PLA is an advance kept by assesses with exchequer & only when an amount is debited in PLA it is treated as payment of duty

Excise duty on scrap can be paid by utilizing CENVAT Credit account

April 18, 2023 690 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that the payment of duty for the waste and scrap by utilizing the CENVAT Credit account was in order.

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