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Income Tax : CBDT issues Notification no. 19/2021 dated 26/03/2021 pertaining to procedure for registration of fund/ trust/charitable instituti...
Expanded grounds for cancellation now include legal non-compliance and incorrect disclosures. Trusts must treat accuracy and governance as mission-critical.
Objects benefiting specific communities or allowing overseas application of funds invite rejection. The ruling focus is on deed language, not intent.
The Tribunal upheld cancellation after finding that funding practices influenced editorial content and political narratives. The ruling confirms that such conduct constitutes specified violations warranting loss of charitable status.
The tribunal dismissed the appeal as time-barred because no condonation petition was filed. Delay without explanation renders the appeal non-maintainable.
The case examined rejection of registration without affording a proper opportunity of being heard. The Tribunal ruled that deciding against the trust without confronting it on objections violates principles of natural justice. Key takeaway: procedural fairness is mandatory in section 12A proceedings.
The Tribunal held that incorrect selection of a clause in Form 10AB is a curable clerical mistake. Registration applications cannot be rejected without examining the trust’s objects and activities on merits.
The Tribunal ruled that registration cannot be cancelled for non-maintenance of separate books when that allegation was never put to the assessee. Authorities must specify the exact clause of specified violation relied upon.
The Tribunal held that solar power generation under a CSR structure is not charitable when the dominant benefit accrues to a single corporate entity. The environmental activity must primarily benefit the public to qualify for Section 12AB registration.
The Tribunal held that Section 56(2)(viib) could not be applied once the assessee qualified as a company in which the public are substantially interested. The ruling clarifies that the charging provision itself fails where statutory exclusion applies.
The Tribunal held that amendments to Section 11 cannot retrospectively curtail the utilization window for earlier accumulations. Existing accumulations remain governed by the law in force at the time they were made.
