Supreme Court of India

Gosar Family Trust, Jamnagar Etc. v. Commissioner of Income Tax

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Reported as [1995] 3 S.C.R. 894
Decided 28 April 1995

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that the second category beneficiaries are also beneficiaries as rightly pointed out by the High Court.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Indian Trust Act 1882-Discretionary Trust created with two categories of beneficiaries-First category entitled to trust income-Second category to ' get the corpus of the trust and all the income accumulated at the end of the c trus!-Held : Second category is beneficiary. Income Tax Act 1961-Section 164(1) and Proviso (if-Trust created with two category beneficiaries-First category to get trust income-Second category to get corpus and income at the end of the Trust-First category beneficiaries having no taxable income under the proviso-The second category falling under the proviso-Rates for

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