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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


Manual plastic scrap segregation from rest of scrap not amounts to manufacture or production

March 6, 2023 1281 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that mere manual segregation of plastic scrap from the rest of the scrap is neither manufacturing nor producing the plastic scrap and hence no central excise duty is chargeable on removal of the same.

Procedural lapse in Rule 7 of CCR, 2004 cannot be ground to deny substantial benefits of cenvat credit

March 6, 2023 2358 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Hyderabad held that rule 7 of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 is just a procedure and procedural lapse cannot be ground to deny the substantial benefit of Cenvat Credit.

Penalty u/s 25 of CER 2002 not imposable on mere statements without supportive evidences

March 6, 2023 753 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that imposition of penalty under rule 25 of CER 2002 merely on the basis of statements without supporting evidences is untenable in law.

Appeal dismissed for non-payment of mandatory pre-deposit – HC restores appeal subject to payment of deposit

March 6, 2023 1899 Views 0 comment Print

Jharkhand HC remands case as unregistered dealer, Amar Ent., intends to make mandatory pre-deposit. Appeal to be heard on merits post-deposit.

HC allows Payment of Pre-Deposit as Assessee was Unaware of Mandatory Payment provision for appeal filing

March 6, 2023 4371 Views 0 comment Print

Mukesh Kumar Singh Vs Commissioner (Appeals) CGST & C. Ex (Jharkhand High Court) Admittedly, petitioner is an unregistered dealer. His appeal has been dismissed on the ground of non-payment of mandatory pre-deposit. It does not appear that there was intent on the part of the petitioner to avoid payment of pre-deposit @7.5% as provided under […]

Assessee eligible for SVLDR if at SCN stage no fresh adjudication order after order of remand by appellate authority 

March 5, 2023 1665 Views 0 comment Print

GE Power India Limited Vs Union of India & Ors (Calcutta High Court) HC held that impugned orders dated 12th February, 2020 rejecting the petitioner’s applications under the SVLDRS 2019, are arbitrary, invalid, perverse and not tenable in the eye of law for the following reasons: (i) On the date of filing of the applications […]

CBIC reduces Road and Infrastructure Cess on Diesel

March 3, 2023 1788 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to further amend No. 10/2022-Central Excise, dated the 30th June, 2022 , to reduce the Road and Infrastructure Cess on Diesel vide Notification No. 12/2023-Central Excise Dated: 03rd March, 2023 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi Notification No. 12/2023-Central Excise Dated: 03rd March, 2023 G.S.R. 168(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by […]

CBIC reduces Special Additional Excise Duty on Diesel to Rs. 0.50 per litre

March 3, 2023 1410 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to further amend No. 04/2022-Central Excise, dated the 30th June, 2022 , to reduce the Special Additional Excise Duty on Diesel to Rs. 0.50 per litre from 4th day of March, 2023vide Notification No. 11/2023-Central Excise  Dated: 03rd March, 2023 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi Notification No. 11/2023-Central Excise Dated: 03rd […]

CBIC increases SAED on production of Petroleum Crude & reduces SAED on export of Aviation turbine

March 3, 2023 1098 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to amend No. 18/2022-Central Excise, dated the 19th July, 2022 to increase the Special Additional Excise Duty on production of Petroleum Crude and reduce SAED on export of Aviation turbine Fuel vide Notification  No. 10/2023-Central Excise Dated: 03rd March, 2023 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi Notification  No. 10/2023-Central Excise Dated: 03rd […]

Buyer of goods not obliged to investigate manufacturing process of supplier

March 3, 2023 795 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that CCR, or the Central Excise Rules or the Act places an obligation on the buyer of the goods to investigate that whether the process undertaken by the supplier amounts to manufacture or not and determine the duty thereon.

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