Charitable trust accumulation: vague Form No. 10 wording cannot deny exemption absent any statutory breach.

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....Exemption under section 11(2) could not be denied solely because Form No. 10 described the accumulation purpose as "purpose of the trust" when no substantive breach of sections 11 or 13(1)(d) was shown. The Tribunal noted that the assessee remained registered under section 12A and that no violation was established in the relevant year, earlier years, or during utilisation of the accumulated income. Applying the principle in Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purshottam Public Charitable Trust, it held that greater specificity in Form No. 10 was not required in the absence of any statutory non-compliance. The disallowance and consequential taxation were deleted.....