N Satya Narayana, Chief Executive of the apex co-op body NCUI has welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on January 12 upholding income tax exemption under Section 80P for primary agricultural credit societies.
Tweeting on the issue, Satya Narayan wrote “NCUI welcomes SC verdict on Jan 12 upholding IT exemption under Section 80 P for primary agricultural credit societies, except coop banks under RBI operating license–N Satya Narayana, CE, NCUI”
The verdict, exempting credit societies and other primary societies from paying income tax, was delivered by a three-judge bench comprising justices R.F. Nariman, Naveen Sinha and K.M. Joseph. The SC ruling came on the Kerala High Court’s full bench verdict of March 2019.