Gross Receipts Taxed Without Expense Deduction: Demand Stayed by Bombay HC

Godavari Shikshan Prasarak Mandal Sindhi Vs CIT (Exemption) (Bombay High Court) The Bombay High Court considered a writ petition challenging an order dated 11 July 2025 that required the petitioner, an educational institution/trust, to deposit 15% of the tax demand as a precondition for grant of stay pending disposal of its statutory appeal. The petitioner contended that the entire demand ought to have been stayed on two grounds: first, that it was an educational institution wholly funded by the State Government and thus eligible for exemption under Section 10(23C)(iiiab) of the Income Tax Act...