YAKSHIT YUVA FOUNDATION,BELAGAVI vs. CIT (EXEMPTION), BENGALORE
Appeals stands Allowed
ITA 233/PAN/2025[12AB]Status: DisposedITAT Panaji06 Mar 2026
Bench: Hon’Ble Shri Pavan Kumar Gadale & Shri G. D. Padmahshaliita Nos. 233 & 234/Pan/2025 Yakshit Yuva Foundation O/O Taekwondo Master Rao, 1St Fl, Gadekar Complex, P B Road, Kakati S.O., Belagavi. Pan : Aaaty9435D . . . . . . . Appellant V/S The Commissioner Of Income Tax, Exemption, Bangalore. . . . . . . . Respondent
For Appellant: Mr Shreepada Ravi Rao [‘Ld. AR’]For Respondent: Mr Azar Zain [‘Ld. DR’]
Section 12ASection 12A(1)(ac)Section 2(15)Section 80GSection 80G(5)(iii)
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Yakshit Yuva Foundation Vs CIT(E)
ITA Nos.233 & 234/PAN/2025
18. Now coming to the activity of sports training as whether it constitutes education, we note that the term ‘education’ has not been defined in the Act, however it has been interpreted in context of section 2(15) by the Hon'ble Apex Court in ‘Loka Shikshana
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