2016 (7) TMI 1405 - ITAT COCHIN

Eligibility deduction u/s 80P(2) - interest from treasury and banks - Held that:- In the instant case, the assessee is a cooperative Bank. The investment in treasury/banks and earning interest on the same is part of the banking activity of the assessee’s cooperative bank. Therefore, the said income is eligible for deduction u/s 80P(2)(a)(i) of the Act. Therefore, the Income Tax Authorities were not justified in treating interest income received by the assessee as ‘income from other source’ and denying the benefit of section 80P(2) of the Act. - Decided in favour of assessee.