Supreme Court of India

M/s New Noble Educational Society v. The Chief Commissioner of Income Tax 1 and Anr.

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Reported as [2022] 18 S.C.R. 1082
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ra Vindra Bhat and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha JJ.
Decided 19 October 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, it is held that charitab le institutions and societies, which may be regulated by other s tate laws, have to comply with them- just as in the case of laws regulating education (at all levels).

Judgment, page 58

From the headnote

Income Tax Act, 1961 – s.10(23C)(vi) –”solely” – s.10(23C)(vi) exempts income of “university or other educational institution existing solely for educational purposes and not for purposes of profit” – Meaning of “solely” – Held: The requirement of t he charitable institution, society or trust etc., to ‘sol ely’ engage itself in education or educational activities, and not engage in any acti vity of profit, means that such institutions cannot have objects which are unrelated to education – Thus, all objects of th e society, trust etc., must relate to imparting education or be in r elation to

Where later benches applied it

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