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Kerala State Co-Operative ... vs The Assessing Officer, Trivandrum on 14 September, 2023
In the judgment of Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of
Kerala State Co-operative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank
Ltd. (KSCARDB) vs. The Assessing Officer, Trivandrum & Ors.
(2023) 154 taxmann.com 305 (Supreme Court) it has been discussed in
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detail the definition of co-operative banks and co-operative society. If
the payer bank falls under the definition of co-operative bank/ bank in
the light of the judgment of Hon'ble Apex Court then the assessee is
not eligible to get deduction u/s. 80P(2)(d) on such interest income
received from co-operative banks. We note that the assessee has also
received interest from co-operative banks which is governed by the
Banking Regulation Act of 1949 and this argument of the ld. DR has
not been denied by the ld. AR of the assessee. However it is not clear
whether the interest payer (co-operative bank) is a bank and registered
with Reserve Bank of India and holding licence from RBI for carrying
out banking business as per RBI Act. If the payer bank falls under the
definition of co-operative bank in the light of the judgment of Hon'ble
Apex Court then the assessee is not eligible to get deduction u/s.
80P(2)(d) on such interest income received from co-operative banks,
therefore this issue is also remitted back to the AO for verification of
interest received from co-operative bank in above terms. If AO finds
that the co-operative bank is carrying its banking business activities in
the light of the above judgment, the deduction u/s. 80P(2)(d) on such
interest income should not be granted.
Section 80 in The Income Tax Act, 1961 [Entire Act]
Section 18 in Karnataka Co-Operative Societies Act, 1959 [Entire Act]
Kerala Cooperative Societies Act, 1969
Section 56 in Karnataka Co-Operative Societies Act, 1959 [Entire Act]
Section 80 in Karnataka Co-Operative Societies Act, 1959 [Entire Act]
M/S New Noble Educational Society vs The Chief Commissioner Of Income Tax 1 on 19 October, 2022
Although the contention of the Ld. AR that
interest received from deposit under compulsion is to be considered u/s
80P(2)(a)(i), the AO considered it as income u/s 56 of the Act. As per
our considered opinion, going by the rule of literal interpretation that
has to be adopted while construing the scope and gamut of a statutory
provision, the same does not merit acceptance. As Section 80P(2)(a)(i)
does not carve out any exception as regards the applicability of the
same in a case where the investments are made under compulsion or as
per any direction from Registrar of co-operative society, the aforesaid
contention of the Ld. AR that the same could be considered for
deduction u/s. 80P(2)(a)(i) cannot be accepted. This view of ours that
statutory provision has to be construed as per the rule of
literal interpretation is supported by the judgment of the Hon'ble
Supreme Court in the case of New Noble Educational Society v. Chief
CIT [2022] 143 taxmann.com 276/[2023] 290 Taxman 206/[2023] 448
ITR 594/[CA No. 3793 to 3795 of 2014 dated 19-10-2022]. The
Hon'ble Apex Court observed that if the language is unambiguous and
capable of only one meaning, that alone should be applied and not any
other, based on the surmise that the legislature intended it to be so. In
other words, it is only in case of ambiguity that the court can use other
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aids to discern the true meaning, but where the statute is clear and the
words are plain, the legislation has to be given effect in its own terms.
Since, in the case of the assessee interest income received is from
investments from Banks which cannot be attributed to the main
business of providing credit facilities to its members, same cannot be
held to be allowable as deduction u/s 80P(2)(a)(i) of the Act.