https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=792571 A trust whose objects included education in Arabic and Islamic studies, including running a madarasa, was treated as a public charitable trust because the dominant object was education rather than religious worship or propagation. Reading the trust deed as a whole, the ITAT found no evidence of rituals, ceremonies, or other religious activity sufficient to characterise the trust as religious merely because it used Islamic terminology. The rejection of registration under section 12AB and approval under section 80G was also found unsustainable for want of proper opportunity and adequate evidence, so both benefits were allowed. en-us Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 30 May 2026 08:29:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=792571 A trust whose objects included education in Arabic and Islamic studies, including running a madarasa, was treated as a public charitable trust because the dominant object was education rather than religious worship or propagation. Reading the trust deed as a whole, the ITAT found no evidence of rituals, ceremonies, or other religious activity sufficient to characterise the trust as religious merely because it used Islamic terminology. The rejection of registration under section 12AB and approval under section 80G was also found unsustainable for want of proper opportunity and adequate evidence, so both benefits were allowed. Case-Laws Income Tax Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=792571