Supreme Court of India
The Commissioner of Income-tax, West Bengal, Calcutta v. Raja Benoy Kumar Saras Roy
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Before parting with these cases it may be apposite here to note the following observations of Vishwanatha Sastri J. in Commissioner of Income-tax, Madras v.
Judgment, page 49
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Income-tax-Exemption-Income from sale of forest trees, if .and when agricultural income-"Agriculture", Meaning of-Indian Income-tax Act (XI of 1922), ss. 2(1), 4(3) (viii). The question for decision in this appeal by the Commissioner ·of Income-tax was whether a sum of Rs. 51,978 shown by the assessee in his return as income from his forest land was agricul tural income within the meaning of s. 2(1) of the Indian Income tax Act and was as such exempt from taxation under s. 4(3)(viii) of the Act. The forest was of spontaneous growth, 150 years old, and consisted of sal and piyasal trees. It
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