- SC says no to local authority status for forest corporations
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10/03/1998
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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.