Supreme Court of India

Satyanarayana Modi v. The Controller of Estate Duty, Delhi and Rajasthan, New Delhi

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Reported as [1970] 1 S.C.R. 712
Bench Acting CJI, J.C. Shah and V. Ramaswami Anda. N. Grover JJ.
Decided 31 July 1969

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court was right in answering the question against the appellant.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Estate Duty Act 34 of 1953-Section 10-Gift of fixed deposit receipts -Donor retaining important benefits-If donee can be said to assume immediately bona fide possesslon and enjoyment within meaning of s. 10. P held, on April 1, 1953, three deposit receipts with the State Bank " of Bikaner. At her instance the receipts were !renewed in the joint names of herself and S (son of her adopted son) payable to either or survivor. On August 16, 1953 P executed a deed of gift in favour of S in respect of the three receipts. The gift deed contained a confirmation by S's father that he had accepted the

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