Ms. Payal Kapur vs Asstt. C.I.T. on 18 November, 2005
In the case of Dr. K. George Thomas v. CIT 156 ITR 412 (S.C) their Lordships of Supreme Court held that "the assessee -carried on a vocation of practicing against atheism and in the course of such vocation and for the purpose of the same, he received the amounts -in -question-as -donations for the furtherance of the objects of his vocation. There was a link between the activities of the appellant and the payments received by-him and -the link was close enough. The receipts arose to the appellant from the carrying on of his vocation and they were not casual and non-recurring receipts and were taxable.