Agricultural income-Manufacture and sale of tea-Whether agricultural produce-Section 2(1)-Regarding

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.... agricultural produce-Section 2(1)-Regarding. Section 2(1) of the I.T. Act, 1961, defines "agricultural income", inter alia, to mean any rent or revenue derived from land which is situated in India and is used for agricultural purposes. Further, any income derived from such land by the performance by a cultivator or receiver of rent-in-kind of any process ordinarily employed by him to render the ....

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....en put through the process of withering, crushing, roasting and fermentation before being packed and sold by the assessee. The Supreme Court held that the tea leaves did not cease to be an agricultural produce merely because of the performance by the assessee of the processes outlined above. 3. Reference has been received in this connection on the effect of the decision on rule 8 of the I.T. Rule....

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....hedule to the Constitution which refers to "Taxes on agricultural income". The term "agricultural income" has been defined in art. 366(1) of the constitution as meaning "agricultural income defined for the purposes of the enactments relating to Indian income-tax". The legislative competence of the State Legislature is thus restricted by the definition of "agricultural income" and it is not open to....