Supreme Court of India

National Cooperative Development Corporation v. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax

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Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Atul S. Chandurkar JJ.
Decided 10 December 2025

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What the Court ordered

We hold that a vital judicial distinction exists between the general genus of "Business Income" and the specific species of "profits derived from the business of providing long-term finance." Viewed through this lens, none of the disputed receipts satisfy the strict statutory definition.

Judgment, page 21

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