Sarvodaya Charitable Trust vs Income Tax Officer (Exemption) on 14 October, 2020
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Division Bench of the Gujarat High Court in Sarvodaya Charitable Trust
(supra) took a view that in cases like the present one (delay in filing Form
No.10), the approach of the authorities ought to be equitious, balancing,
judicious, and availing of exemption should not be denied merely on the bar
of limitation. This is more so when the legislature has conferred wide
discretionary powers to condone the delay on the authorities concerned. The
relevant portion of this decision reads thus :-