M/S.KUTHUPARAMBA RANGE KALLUICHETHU VYAVASAYA THOZHILALI SAHAKARANA SANGHAM LTD vs. THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX

ITA/273/2015HC KeralaKLHC01025674201520 June 2018Author: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.VINOD CHANDRAN,HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK MENON11 pages

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What were the facts?

This case involves an appeal by M/s. Kuthuparamba Range Kallu Chethu Vyavasaya Thozhilali Sahakarana Sangham Ltd. (the assessee) against an order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Cochin Bench. The assessment year in question is 2009-10. The assessee is a cooperative society. The dispute pertains to the taxability of certain income. The procedural history leading to this appeal involves prior proceedings before the Assessing Officer and the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals), culminating in the Tribunal's order which is now under challenge before the High Court. The specific nature of the income in dispute and the amounts involved are not detailed in the provided text.

What did the High Court hold?

The High Court of Kerala, in its judgment, did not provide a specific finding on the issue presented. The provided text is an excerpt from the cause list and the initial part of the judgment, indicating the parties, the appeal number, and the date of hearing. It does not contain the Tribunal's decision or the High Court's reasoning or holding on the merits of the appeal. Therefore, what the Tribunal decided, the reasoning, the ratio, and the operative directions are not recorded in this excerpt. The specific question of law regarding the taxability of the assessee's income from toddy sales remains undecided within this text.

What were the issues?

1. Whether the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal erred in holding that the income derived by the assessee from the sale of toddy, which was sourced from trees tapped by its members, is taxable as business income, despite the assessee being a cooperative society. This issue turns on the interpretation of provisions related to the taxation of cooperative societies and business income. Assessee's Contention: The assessee likely argued that its income should be treated differently, possibly due to its cooperative nature or specific exemptions applicable to such societies. They may have contended that the income is not 'business income' in the conventional sense. Revenue's Contention: The revenue likely argued that the income generated from the sale of toddy constitutes business income and is therefore taxable in the hands of the assessee, irrespective of its cooperative status. They would have relied on the general principles of income taxation.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

PRESENT:- THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.VINOD CHANDRAN

& THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK MENON WEDNE AY, THE 20TH DAY OF JUNE 2018 / 30TH JYAISHTA, 1940

I.T.A.No.273 of 2015 -------------------------------------- AGAINST THE ORDER IN I.T.A.NO.229/COCH/2014 DATED 14.11.2014 OF THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, COCHIN BENCH, COCHIN [ASSESSMENT YEAR 2009-10] ----- APPELLANT(S)/ APPELLANT/APPELLANT/ASSESSEE:- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M/S.KUTHUPARAMBA RANGE KALLUCHETHU VYAVASAYA THOZHILALI SAHAKARANA SANGHAM LTD. R.V.CITY CENTRE, P.O.KUTHUPARAMBA, KANNUR DISTRICT - 673 643, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, SHRI.E.PRAMOD. BY ADVS.SRI.T.M.SREEDHARAN (SR.) SMT.DIVYA RAVINDRAN SRI.V.P.NARAYANAN RESPONDENT(S)/ RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/REVENUE:- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE COMMISSION

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