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D.V. Arur vs Commissioner Of Income-Tax on 23 March, 1945

2. The assessee is a trust and running an educational institution under the name and style as 'Amby International School Academy' in Mumbai. The assessee applied for getting registration u/s.12AA of the Income-tax Act as the assessee can claim exemption in respect of its income u/s.11 of the Income-tax Act. The Ld. DIT (Exmt) examined the fee structure of the assessee trust which is given in the impugned order on page No.2. The Ld. DIT (Exmt) observed that the fees charged by the assessee trust in imparting the education are exceptionally high and beyond the reach of the general public. He 2 ITA 6214/M/2009 Amby International School Academy also noted that the public trust should be for charitable purpose and it should have the object for giving relief to the poor, education and medical relief and any other object of general public utility. He observed that that the 'charitable purpose' is an essential ingredient of the public trust. The fee structure is a clear indication of commercial set-up of the institution which is in the nature of business of education. He also observed that the assessee is running and maintaining an elite school which has a commercial activity and does not have character of charity involved in it. He also relied on the decision of the Hon'ble High Court of Bombay in the case of Arur D.V. vs. CIT 13 ITR 465. The opinion of the Ld. DIT (Exmt) running the elite school cannot be treated as a 'charitable object' as the same is run for the benefit of few persons. The Ld. DIT (Exmt) rejected the application filed by the assessee for the registration by holding that the assessee trust is running and maintaining elite school which does not fall within the definition of charitable purpose, as defined in section 2(15) of the Income-tax Act.
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