2024 (9) TMI 19

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.... for approval under clause (iii) of the first proviso to sub-section (5) of section 80G. The trust was granted provisional approval vide order dated 04.04.2022 valid upto the A.Y. 2024-25. Subsequently, the appellant trust filed application in Form No. 10AB under clause (iii) of first provision to sub-section (5) of section 80G of the Act on 29.09.2023. The said application came to be rejected vide impugned order dated 02.03.2024 on the ground that the appellant trust had not filed the application within the prescribed time limit under clause (iii) of first provision to sub-section (5) of section 80G of the Act. According to the ld. CIT(Exemptions), the appellant trust was required to file the application in Form No.10AB for regular approva....

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....nnection, for better appreciation relevant provisions of proviso to section 80G are extracted below : "Provided that the institution or fund referred to in clause (vi) shall make an application in the prescribed form and manner to the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner, for grant of approval,- (i) ............................................ (ii) ............................................ (iii) where the institution or fund has been provisionally approved, at least six months prior to expiry of the period of the provisional approval or within six months of commencement of its activities, whichever is earlier; The literal interpretation of clause (iii) of proviso means that in case the institution....

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....h not expressed, is implicit as constituting the basic assumption underlying the statutory provision. 8. In our considered opinion, in the light of the above discussion, a fair and reasonable construction clause (iii) of proviso to section 80G(5) would be to read into it a condition that in the place of word 'earlier' word "later" be substituted and can be read as under : "(iii) where the institution or fund has been provisionally approved, at least six months prior to expiry of the period of the provisional approval or within six months of commencement of its activities, whichever is later; 9. We are also fortified in adopting the above construction by the decision of Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of K.P. Varghese Vs. IT....

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....ice through ITBA portal is not valid service and remanded the matter to AO for denovo disposal of case. The relevant paragraphs of the judgment are reproduced below : "7. We are afraid that we cannot subscribe to the submissions as advanced by the learned counsel for the Revenue-respondent. The provisions of section 282(1) of the Act of 1961 and rule 127(1) of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 provides for a method and manner of service of notice and orders which read as follows : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8. In view of the above, it is essential that before any action is taken, communication of the notice must be done in terms of the provisions as enumerated hereina....