Tax Exemption Upheld: Society's Activities Deemed Charitable, Revenue's Appeal Dismissed Consistently Over Several Years.

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....The case pertains to the denial of exemption u/s 11 of the Income Tax Act to an assessee society, questioning whether its activities qualify as charitable or commercial. The society was established by the Department of Electronics, Government of India, and Microwave Electronics Ltd. to promote self-reliance in the field of Microwave Electronics and is an autonomous body for this purpose. In earlier years, the Coordinate Bench had remanded the assessee's appeals to the Assessing Officer to decide in accordance with the Supreme Court's decision in the Ahmed Urban Development Authority case. Subsequently, for the assessment years 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2022-23, as well as earlier years, the Assessing Officer, after scrutinizing the assessee's c.........