- SC says no to local authority status for forest corporations

  • 10/03/1998

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)

The Supreme Court has held that a forest corporation is not entitled to tax exemptions on the ground that it was a local authority. The court made this ruling in the case of UP Forest Corporation, which claimed exemption under Section 10(20) of the Income-Tax Act. The Allahabad HIgh Court had agreed with the corporation's argument that it was a local authority prompting the revenue authorities to move the Supreme Court.