Supreme Court of India

Dharmadeepti, Alwaye, Kerala v. The Commissioner of Income Tax, Kerala

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Reported as [1978] 3 S.C.R. 1038
Bench Y. V. Chandrachud, D. A. Desai and R. S. Pathak JJ.
Decided 24 July 1978

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the income from the kurie business is intended to be applied only to the charitable purposes of giving to charity or the promotion of education.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Income Ta.x Act 1961-Sections 2(15) and 11 (1) (a)-Main objects to be pursued by the company which has been granted a licence under s. 25 of the Companies Act were (i) to give charity and (ii) to promote education and (iii) to establish or aid in the establishment of associations institutions, funds, trusts with the object of promoting charity and! or education and the objects incidental or ancillary to the attainment of the said objects was "to run Chitties (Kuries)-Whether the said objects identifiable with the first two heads 'relief of the poor' and "education" in the definition of

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