TMI Blog2000 (3) TMI 27X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r consideration is : "Whether, the Appellate Tribunal has justified in law and had valid materials to hold that the assessee-Sabha is entitled to exemption under section 11 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, even though the Sabha has let out the Kalyana Mandapam for profit?" The respondent-Sabha, namely, Samyuktha Gowda Saraswatha Sabha, Madras, is a society registered under the Societies Registrati ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... utensils, decorative items, etc., as may be required by the persons hiring the hall. The Income-tax Officer for the assessment years 1977-78, 1978-79 and 1979-80 held that the objects of the trust are partly charitable and partly non-charitable and hence the assessee was not entitled to exemption under section 11 of the Act. Aggrieved by the above order of the Income-tax Officer, the assessee p ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... funds to be used for charitable purpose, namely, advancement of education and relief to the poor and, hence, the assessee was entitled to exemption. Learned counsel for the Revenue contended that the entire income of the Sabha should be taken into account for the purpose of levying income-tax and submitted that the advancement of the object of general public utility involving the carrying on of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the assessee-Sabha. We are of the view that the decision of the apex court in CIT (Addl.) v. Surat Art Silk Cloth Manufacturers Association [1980] 121 ITR 1 applies to the case as the objects of the assessee are education and other objects of general utility and the letting out of the kalyana mandapam was not one of the objects of the assessee, but it was an activity carried on to fulfil the objec ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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