Supreme Court of India

M/s. Seshasayee Steels P. Ltd. v. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Company Circle Vi(2), Chennai

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Reported as [2019] 15 S.C.R. 196
Bench R. F. Nariman, Aniruddha Bose and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 4 December 2019

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Transfer of Property Act, 1882: s.53A – Applicabili ty of – Essential ingredients – Held: In order that the provisions of s.53A be attracted, the transferee must, in part performa nce of the contract, have taken possession of the property or an y part thereof and the transferee must have performed or be willing to perform his part of the agreement – In the instant case, as per agreement to sell, assessee gave permission to the builder compa ny to start construction on the land – This showed that a licens e was given upon the land for the purpose of developing the land into fla ts and selling

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