Supreme Court of India

Controller of Estate Duty, Gujarat I, Ahmedabad. v. M.A. Merchant Accountable Person of Late Shri A.g Merchant, Majirajwadi Road, Bhavnagar, Etc.

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Reported as [1989] 2 S.C.R. 987
Bench R.S. Pathak and Sabyasachi Mukharji JJ.
Decided 2 May 1989

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Estate Duty Act, 1953: Sections 56-65-Valuations for estate duty-Rectification of mistake-Reopening of assessment made under section 59-Permissibility of-Effect of the Estate Duty (Amendment) Act. 1958. The respondents who were the accountable persons filed returns under the Estate Duty Act, 1953, and an assessment was made by the c Deputy Controller of Estate Duty-Appellant on 26th February, 1960. The Estate Duty (Amendment) Act, 1958 repealed the original sections 56 to 65. Section 59 which substituted for the original section 62 made provision for re-assessment. It came into force with

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