Supreme Court of India

Income Tax Officer, Shillong and Anr. Etc. v. N. Takim Roy Rymbai Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [1976] 3 S.C.R. 413
Bench R. S. Sarkaria and S. Murtaza Fazal Ali JJ.
Decided 17 February 1976

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What the Court ordered

In the result we allow these appeals, but in the circumstances of the case, leave the parties to pay and bear their own costs.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Income-tax Act, 1961-S. 10(26) (a)-Scope of-Assessee, a person belong­ ing to Scheduled Tribe residing in the specified area-Income accruing or aris­ ing in a non-scheduled area-If entitled to exemption. Section 10(26) (a), Income-tax Act, 1961 provides that a person is entitled to exemption from income-tax if ( 1) he is a member of a Scheduled Tribe as defined· in Art. 366(25) of the Constitution, (2) he is residing in any area specified in Part or Part of the Table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, or the State or Union Territories mentioned ins. 10(26)(a),

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