ITAT Quashes Section 80G(5) Rejection Over Form 10AB Technical Error

Conwest and Manjula S Badani Jain Vs CIT (Exemptions) (ITAT Mumbai) The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai, in the case of Conwest and Manjula S Badani Jain Vs CIT (Exemptions), restored an application for final approval under Section 80G(5) of the Income Tax Act to the Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemptions) (CIT(E)) for fresh consideration on merits. The ITAT ruled that the CIT(E)’s decision to reject the application solely because the applicant, a charitable trust, selected the wrong sub-clause in the online Form 10AB was an error, deeming the defect curable and non-fatal. C...