Commissioner Of Income Tax Exemptions ... vs Shree Sai Baba Sansthan Trust- Shirdi Ay ... on 8 October, 2024
34. We are in agreement with Mr. Ganesh when he relies on the decision
of the Supreme Court in K. Ravindranathan Nair Vs. Commissioner of
Income Tax, Ernakulam3 wherein the Supreme Court held that the High
Court overlooked the cardinal principle, that it is, the Tribunal which is the
final fact finding authority and a decision on facts which fell for
consideration of the Tribunal, cannot be gone into by the High Court,
except when a question has been referred to it that the finding of the
Tribunal on facts is perverse, in the sense that it is such, which could not
reasonably have been arrived at on the material placed before the Tribunal.
The following observations of the Supreme Court are required to be noted
which read thus:-