CIT vs. MEHTA CHARITABLE PRAJNALAYA TRUST
Inasmuch as all that is required is for the settler of the trust to declare that the
ITA/1050/2011HC Delhi20 Nov 2012
Bench: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT,HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.V.EASWAR
Section 1Section 260A
…trustees". In that case the business was carried on by the trustees for and on behalf of the trust and it was found as a fact that that business was itself held under trust. In Raja P. .C. Lall Choudhary Vs. Commissioner 0/Income Tax, Bihar & Orissa (1957) 31 ITR 226, the Patha High Court ruled that Section 4(3)(1) of the Indian Income Tax Act, 1922, which corresponds to Section 11(1) of the 1961 Act, confers an exemption from tax only IrA 309/2003,417/2003,18/2004,722/2007,770/2011,1050/201 1 and 1051/2011 Page 15 of 20 I 4 2,6 where the property itself is held under a trust or other legal obligatio…