Supreme Court of India

Controller of Estate Duty, Madras v. Parvathi Ammal

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Reported as [1975] 2 S.C.R. 685
Bench H. R. Khanna and A. C. Gupta JJ.
Decided 11 November 1974

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Estate Duty Act (34 of 1953) s. 10-Scope of. gift of immovable property under s. 10 of the Estate Duty Act, 1953, will be dutiable unless the donee assumes immediate exclusive and bona fide posses­ sion and enjoyment of the subj'ect-matter of the gift, and there is no beneficial. mterest reserved to the donor by contract or otherwise, that is, ( 1) the donee must hav~ bona fide assume~ possession and. enjoyment of the propef!Y which is the subiect matter of the gift to the exclusion of the donor, 1mmed1ately upon the gift, and (2) the donee must have retained such possession and enjoyment of

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