Supreme Court of India

Controller of Estate Duty, West Bengal v. Usha Kumar & Ors.

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Reported as [1980] 2 S.C.R. 241
Decided 20 November 1979

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What the Court ordered

We hold that only one­ half of the properties which were the subject matter of the tmst deed dated June 27, 1939 (Jagadatri Sampad Tmst) passed on the death of the deceased under section 5 of the Act and the remaining one-half did not.

Judgment, page 8

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