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Issues: Whether interest income earned from bank deposits by a co-operative society was eligible for deduction under section 80P(2)(a)(i) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, and whether the Revenue could deny the deduction by treating such interest as income chargeable under section 56.
Analysis: The appeal was governed by the Tribunal's earlier decision on an identical issue, where it was held that interest earned on deposits made out of operational funds maintained for business requirements of the co-operative society qualifies as income from banking/business activity and not as income from other sources. The Supreme Court decision in Totgars was found distinguishable on facts, since that case concerned surplus funds retained from marketing activity, whereas the present case involved deposits linked to the society's operational requirements. Following the binding coordinate bench view, the Tribunal held that the assessee was entitled to the deduction under section 80P(2)(a)(i).
Conclusion: The Revenue's objection failed, and the assessee's claim for deduction under section 80P(2)(a)(i) was upheld.
Ratio Decidendi: Interest earned by a co-operative society on deposits made from operational funds maintained for its business requirements is deductible under section 80P(2)(a)(i) and is not taxable as income from other sources under section 56.
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