Selling Products for Profit Doesn't Disqualify Exemption u/s 11 Without Evidence of Commercial Motive.

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....Exemption u/s 11 - charitable purposes u/s 2(15) or not? - The Tribunal held that, mere selling some product at a profit will not ipso facto hit assessee by applying proviso to Section 2(15) and deny exemption available under Section 11. There is no material/evidence brought on record by the revenue which may suggest that the assessee was conducting its affairs on commercial lines with motive to earn profit or has deviated from its objects as detailed in the trust deed of the assessee. In these facts and circumstances of the case, the proviso to Section 2(15) is not applicable to the facts and circumstances of the case, and the assessee was entitled to exemption provided u/s 11.....