M/S Guru Ram Dass Educational Society, Bathinda vs. The Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemption), Chandigarh
In the result, the assessee’s appeal is allowed
ITA 598/ASR/2016[]Status: DisposedITAT Amritsar03 Jun 2019
Bench: Sh. Sanjay Arora & Sh. N. K. Choudhryi. T. A. No. 598/Asr/2016 Assessment Year: N.A.
For Appellant: Sh. Vineet Krishan (Adv.)For Respondent: Sh. Alok Kumar, CIT-DR
Section 10Section 12A
…as expressed. The issue, i.e., education being pursued as an economically sound and prosperous activity, has been 7 Guru Ram Dass Educational Society v. CIT(E) extensively considered by the Tribunal in Lord Shiva Educational Welfare Society v. CIT(E) [2018] 72 ITD 429 (Asr), holding, with reference to judicial precedents, that the activity of ‘education’ cannot be impugned on account of it being carried out on commercial basis. It may the relevant to reproduce the relevant part of the said decision: ‘4.2 The question, therefore, is whether the earning of profits, i.e., in a regular and systematic manner – on wh…