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Issues: (i) Whether a donation made to the trust attracted gift-tax on the ground that the donee trust lacked renewal of approval under section 80G of the Income-tax Act, 1961. (ii) Whether the trust's carrying on of a printing press and alleged utilisation of funds for past losses and loans destroyed its charitable character for the purpose of exemption under section 5(1)(v) of the Gift-tax Act.
Issue (i): Whether a donation made to the trust attracted gift-tax on the ground that the donee trust lacked renewal of approval under section 80G of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Analysis: Exemption under section 5(1)(v) of the Gift-tax Act depends on the donee being an institution or fund established for a charitable purpose to which section 80G applies. The approval requirement introduced by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1991, operated only from 1 October 1991 and could not control a donation made in the assessment year 1985-86. The absence of renewal of the certificate for that period did not justify levy of gift-tax.
Conclusion: The gift-tax levy could not be sustained on the ground of absence of renewal or fresh approval under section 80G.
Issue (ii): Whether the trust's carrying on of a printing press and alleged utilisation of funds for past losses and loans destroyed its charitable character for the purpose of exemption under section 5(1)(v) of the Gift-tax Act.
Analysis: The trust deed showed that, apart from one severable object, the remaining objects were charitable in nature. The existence of a printing press did not by itself show that the trust ceased to be charitable, and the alleged utilisation of the donation to meet earlier losses or repayment of loans was not accepted as a basis to deny the exemption. The trust was treated as a public charitable trust for the relevant purposes.
Conclusion: The charitable character of the trust was not destroyed, and the donation remained exempt from gift-tax.
Final Conclusion: The reference was answered in favour of the assessee, and the Revenue's challenge to the Tribunal's view failed.
Ratio Decidendi: For a pre-1991 donation, exemption under section 5(1)(v) of the Gift-tax Act is available where the donee is a charitable institution satisfying section 80G of the Income-tax Act, 1961, and subsequent approval-renewal requirements cannot be retrospectively applied; a severable non-charitable object or incidental business activity does not necessarily negate the trust's charitable status.
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