M/S BIMLADEVI DHARAMPRAKASH JAN-KALYAN NIDHI,KOLKATA vs. CIT(EXEMPTION) KOLKATA, KOLKATA

In the result, the appeal filed by the assessee, is allowed

Bench: Shri N.V. Vasudevan, Jm &Dr. A.L.Saini, Am आयकरअपीलसं./Ita No.10/Kol/2017 (िनधा"रणवष" / Assessment Year: ……….. M/S. Bimladevi Vs. C.I.T(Exemptions),Kolkata Dharamprakash Jan- Kalyan Nidhi 17, Ganesh Chandra Avenue, 10B, Middleton Row, 6Th 6Th Floor, Kolkata – 700 013. Floor, Kolkata – 700 071. "थायीलेखासं./जीआइआरसं./Pan/Gir No. : Aaatb5499A (Appellant) .. (Respondent) Appellantby :Shri S. M. Surana, Advocate Respondent By :Md. Usman, Cit, Dr सुनवाईक"तारीख/ Date Of Hearing : 16/08/2017 घोषणाक"तारीख/Date Of Pronouncement : 18/10/2017 आदेश / O R D E R Per Dr. Arjun Lal Saini, Am: The Captioned Appeal Filed By The Assessee, Is Directed Against An Order Passed By The Ld. Commissioner Of Income Tax (Exemptions), Kolkata Under Section 12Aa(3) Of The Income Tax Act, 1961,( Hereinafter Referred To As The ‘Act’), Dated 23.12.2016. 2. The Assessee Has Raised The Following Grounds Of Appeal: “1. For That The Order Of The Ld. Cit Is Arbitrary & Bad In Law.

Charitable Trust, for that ld CIT(E) stated that it was not necessary to do so and relied on the judgment of Hon’ble Bombay High Court in the case of GTC Industries Vs. ACIT [(1998) 60 TTJ Mumbai 308] wherein the Hon’ble High Court has held that right to cross-examine the witness who made adverse report

JHA EDUCATIONAL TRUST,KOLKATA vs. CIT(EXEMPTIONS), KOLKATA, KOLKATA

In the result, all the three appeals of assessee are allowed

Bench: Shri Waseem Ahmed & Shri Partha Sarathi Chowdhury

Charitable Purpose” u/s. 2(15) of the Income Tax Act. The trust duly applied for registration u/s. 12A of the IT Act of the Jha Educational Trust before the Director of Income Tax (Exemption) in conformity with rule 17A and submitted Form No. 10A together with other requisite documents. The Director of Income Tax (Exemption) after verification of documents

JAGANNATH GUPTA FAMILY TRUST,KOLKATA vs. THE CIT(EXEMPTIONS), KOLKATA, KOLKATA

Bench: : Shri S.S. Viswanethra Ravi & Shri Dr. A.L. Saini

40. Section 12 also only says that any voluntary contributions received by a trust created wholly for charitable or religious

H.P. BUDHIA CHARITABLE TRUST,KOLKATA vs. ITO, (EXP.), KOLKATA

In the result, the appeal of the assessee is allowed

Bench: Shri Rajpal Yadav, Vice-(Kz) & Shri Manish Borad

40,000/- Speciality Hospital for reimbursement of Doctor’s remuneration who attended R.C.M.H.R.C., Tinsukia 3. Paid for construction of Govt. 1,41,57,500/- School in the name of Smt. Kamla devi Budhia- Rajaykiaya Uchha Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Hirapur, Jaipur 1,76,63,614/- 4 A.Y. 2016-2017 H.P. Budhia Charitable Trust 6. Somehow ld. Commissioner was not satisfied with

DR. B.G. MEMORIAL TRUST,KOLKATA vs. CIT, (EXEMPTION), KOLKATA, KOLKATA

In the result, assessee’s appeal stands allowed

Bench: Shri Aby.T Varkey & Shri Waseem Ahmeddr. B.G. Memorial Trust V/S. Cit (Exemption), 10B, Middleton Row, 6Th 6/1 Sarat Chatterjee Avenue, Kolkat-29 Floor, Kolkata-71 [Pan No.Aaatd 5235 A]

charitable activity carried out by assessee. Therefore, the assessee has misused the provision of Section 12AA and 80G of the Act. ii) Assessee’s activities are suggesting as if it is engaged in converting cash into cheque which is illegal in nature. iii) Donation received is merely an accommodation entry and in fact the assessee is converting its own cash

ACIT, CIRCLE - 4(1), KOLKATA, KOLKATA vs. M/S. M.K. SHAH EXPORTS LTD.,, KOLKATA

In the result, the appealof the Revenue (ITA No

Bench: Shri S. S. Godara, Jm &Dr. A.L.Saini, Am आयकरअपीलसं./Ita No.1903/Kol/2017 ("नधा"रणवष" / Assessment Year: 2013-14) M/S. M. K. Shah Exports Ltd. Vs. A.C.I.T, Circle-4(1), Kolkata P-7, Chowringhee Square, 8Th Floor, 2/2. Justice Dwarkanath Road, Kolkata – 700 020. Kolkata – 700 069. "थायीलेखासं./जीआइआरसं./Pan/Gir No. :Aaccm 0884 H (Assessee) .. (Respondent) आयकरअपीलसं./Ita No.1974/Kol/2017 ("नधा"रणवष" / Assessment Year: 2013-14) M/S. M. K. Shah Exports Ltd. A.C.I.T, Circle-4(1), Kolkata Vs. P-7, Chowringhee Square, 8Th Floor, 2/2. Justice Dwarkanath Road, Kolkata – 700 069. Kolkata – 700 020. "थायीलेखासं./जीआइआरसं./Pan/Gir No. :Aaccm 0884 H (Assessee) .. (Respondent) Assessee By :Shri S. Jhajharia, Ar Revenue By :Shrisaurabh Kumar, Addl. Cit (Sr. Dr) सुनवाईक"तार"ख/ Date Of Hearing : 23/08/2018 घोषणाक"तार"ख/Date Of Pronouncement : 16/10/2018

Charitable Trust ( institution) has become taxable for any technical reason and also the Ld. AO did not mention that the certificate issued under section 80G(5)(v) has been cancelled by the Income Tax Department. Under these circumstances the deduction under section 80G of the Act cannot be denied to the assessee company.We also note that subsequent to the donation

M/S. M. K. SHAH EXPORTS LTD,,KOLKATA vs. ACIT, CIRCLE-4(1), KOLKATA, KOLKATA

In the result, the appealof the Revenue (ITA No

Bench: Shri S. S. Godara, Jm &Dr. A.L.Saini, Am आयकरअपीलसं./Ita No.1903/Kol/2017 ("नधा"रणवष" / Assessment Year: 2013-14) M/S. M. K. Shah Exports Ltd. Vs. A.C.I.T, Circle-4(1), Kolkata P-7, Chowringhee Square, 8Th Floor, 2/2. Justice Dwarkanath Road, Kolkata – 700 020. Kolkata – 700 069. "थायीलेखासं./जीआइआरसं./Pan/Gir No. :Aaccm 0884 H (Assessee) .. (Respondent) आयकरअपीलसं./Ita No.1974/Kol/2017 ("नधा"रणवष" / Assessment Year: 2013-14) M/S. M. K. Shah Exports Ltd. A.C.I.T, Circle-4(1), Kolkata Vs. P-7, Chowringhee Square, 8Th Floor, 2/2. Justice Dwarkanath Road, Kolkata – 700 069. Kolkata – 700 020. "थायीलेखासं./जीआइआरसं./Pan/Gir No. :Aaccm 0884 H (Assessee) .. (Respondent) Assessee By :Shri S. Jhajharia, Ar Revenue By :Shrisaurabh Kumar, Addl. Cit (Sr. Dr) सुनवाईक"तार"ख/ Date Of Hearing : 23/08/2018 घोषणाक"तार"ख/Date Of Pronouncement : 16/10/2018

Charitable Trust ( institution) has become taxable for any technical reason and also the Ld. AO did not mention that the certificate issued under section 80G(5)(v) has been cancelled by the Income Tax Department. Under these circumstances the deduction under section 80G of the Act cannot be denied to the assessee company.We also note that subsequent to the donation

M/S MCC PTA INDIA CORPN. PVT. LTD.,PURBA MEDINIPUR vs. ACIT, CIR-59, TDS, KOLKATA, KOLKATA

In the result, the appeals filed by the Assessee are allowed

charitable institution under the provisions of the Act, it cannot be disputed that the income of Kolkata Port Trust is not chargeable to tax under the provisions of the Act. Section 11 under which Kolkata Port Trust was assessed, inter alia, for the assessment year 2007-08 falls under Chapter III of the Act for “incomes which do not form

PANCHI BIBI WAKF ESTATE,KOLKATA vs. DDIT (E)-II, KOLKATA, KOLKATA

Bench: Shri Mahavir Singh & Shri Waseem Ahmed

section 11(4A) of the Act has to be considered in the context of difference between property held in favour of assessee-trust and profit arisen to assessee-trust out of business. This Sec. 11(4A) of the Act is not applicable in the instant case as the property is held in assessee-trust. The GA was always a part

M/S. SETH B D GOYAL CHARITABLE TRUST,KOLKATA vs. I.T.O. WARD - 1(3), EXEMPTION, KOLKATA

In the result, the appeal filed by the assessee is allowed for statistical purposes

Bench: Shri Sonjoy Sarma & Shri Rakesh Mishra

section 143(1)(a) of the Act and thus, the impugned intimation is invalid under the Act. 8.1. Further, without prejudice to our above finding, we are in agreement with the submission made by the Id. Counsel that income should be understood in its commercial sense and computing the total income of the I.T.A. No.: 2267/KOL/2024 Assessment Year

SHREE RAM TRUST,KOLKATA vs. I.T.O.,WARD-1(3), KOLKATA

In the result, the appeal of the assessee is partly allowed

Bench: Shri A. T. Varkey, Jm ]

trust received an aggregate sum of Rs.7,95,000/- as corpus donation received from several donors which included corporate entities as well as individuals/HUFs. The assessee in view of provisions of section 11(1)(d) of the Income tax Act, 1961 ( in short hereinafter, the ‘Act’) treated the corpus donation as not income and were directly routed to the balance

M/S DHAMEJA MINING,SIKKIM vs. ITO, WD-2(4), ASANSOL, ASANSOL

In the result, the appeal of assessee is allowed for statistical purposes

Bench: : Shri M.Balaganesh & Shri S.S.Viswanethra Ravi

section 40(a) (ia) of the Act. The CIT-A confirmed the addition by observing as under: 7. The effect of non admission of SLP is as under: a. Rejection of SLP does not mean that decision of HC has been approved.[CIT Vs Quality (Pat) 224 ITR 77,CIT Vs Shree Manjunatheswara Packing Products & Camphor Works

MARTIN BURN LTD,KOLKATA vs. I.T.O WD - 4(2),KOLKATA, KOLKATA

In the result, the appeal of the assessee is allowed

Bench: Shri P.M. Jagtap & Shri S.S. Viswanethra Ravi

charitable institution under the provisions of the Act, it cannot be disputed that the income of Kolkata Port Trust is not chargeable to tax under the provisions of the Act. Section 11 under which Kolkata Port Trust was assessed, inter alia, for the assessment year 2007-08 falls under Chapter III of the Act for “incomes which do not form

M/S. TEGA INDUSTRIES LIMITED,KOLKATA vs. D.C.I.T., CIRCLE - 11(1), KOLKATA

In the result, the appeal filed by the assessee is partly allowed

Bench: Shri George Mathan & Shri Rakesh Mishra

charitable trusts which have been approved under section 80G(6)(vi) and unlike sub-clauses (iiihk) and (iiihi), there is no restriction or prohibition set out in the said sub-clause denying deduction under section 80G for CSR contributions. [Para 13]” 7.2. It is further noticed that CSR expenditure is an obligation of the company specified in section

PATTON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED,KOLKATA vs. PCIT-1, KOLKATA

In the result, appeal of the assessee is allowed

Bench: Shri Sanjay Garg & Shri Girish Agrawalassessment Year: 2017-18 M/S. Patton International Principal Commissioner Of Ltd., C/O Jain Vinod K & Income-Tax, Kolkata-1. Associates, 41A, A. J. C. Vs Bose Road, Diamond . Prestige Nirman, 6Th Floor, Suite No.613, Kolkata- 700017 (Pan: Aabcp7901M) (Appellant) (Respondent)

40 of the paper book. In respect of observation made by the Ld. Pr. CIT relating to four charitable trusts namely, Swarnim Foundation, Vishnu Charitable Trust, Jashidi and HP Bhudia Charitable Trust for which it was alleged that no certificate u/s. 80G and payment proof is found in the assessment record, Ld. Counsel referred to the relevant documents placed

PRAMOD LAKRA,DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CIRCLE 11(1), KOLKATA, KOLKATA vs. PHILLIPS CARBON BLACK LTD., KOLKATA

In the result, all the appeals of the revenue are dismissed and the appeal filed by the assessee is partly allowed for statistical purposes

Bench: Shri Pradip Kumar Choubey&Shri Sanjay Awasthi]

charitable trusts, which were disallowed in terms of Explanation 2 to section 37(1), but alternatively claimed u/s 80G of the Act. The AO disallowed the same stating that the CSR donations were not voluntary in nature and hence would not qualify for deduction u/s 80G of the Act. On appeal, the Hon'ble ITAT Kolkata has allowed the same

PRAMOD LAKRA, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CIRCLE-11(1), KOLKATA, KOLKATA vs. PHILLIPS CARBON BLACK LTD, KOLKATA

In the result, all the appeals of the revenue are dismissed and the appeal filed by the assessee is partly allowed for statistical purposes

Bench: Shri Pradip Kumar Choubey&Shri Sanjay Awasthi]

charitable trusts, which were disallowed in terms of Explanation 2 to section 37(1), but alternatively claimed u/s 80G of the Act. The AO disallowed the same stating that the CSR donations were not voluntary in nature and hence would not qualify for deduction u/s 80G of the Act. On appeal, the Hon'ble ITAT Kolkata has allowed the same

PRAMOD LAKRA, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CIRCLE 11(1), KOLKATA, KOLKATA vs. PHILLIPS CARBON BLACK LTD, KOLKATA

In the result, all the appeals of the revenue are dismissed and the appeal filed by the assessee is partly allowed for statistical purposes

Bench: Shri Pradip Kumar Choubey&Shri Sanjay Awasthi]

charitable trusts, which were disallowed in terms of Explanation 2 to section 37(1), but alternatively claimed u/s 80G of the Act. The AO disallowed the same stating that the CSR donations were not voluntary in nature and hence would not qualify for deduction u/s 80G of the Act. On appeal, the Hon'ble ITAT Kolkata has allowed the same