Supreme Court of India

Sri Jagatram Ahuja v. The Commissioner of Gift Tax, Hyderabad

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Reported as [2000] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 1
Bench S.P. Bharucha, S.N. Phukan and Shivaraj V. Patil JJ.
Decided 17 October 2000

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, we conclude that the High Court committed an error in answering the question F in negative i.e. in favour of the Revenue and against the assessee-appellant.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Gift Tar, Act, 1958-Section 2 (xii), (xiv)-Release by partner of his rights in favour of another partner in assets of firm for a fvced consideration when the market value of assets in proportion to his share is in excess thereof-Whether constitutes transfer of property for Gift tax purposes-Held, it does not constitute a transfer of property and therefore not liable to Gift tax. Interpretation of Statutes : Words and phrases defined in one statute as judicially interpreted not a guide to construction of the same words or expressions in another statute unless both the statutes are para-materia

Where later benches applied it

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