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Issues: Whether section 34(1)(c) of the Estate Duty Act, 1953 applied where the deceased was a Hindu female who was not a coparcener but only a member of a Hindu undivided family.
Analysis: Section 34(1)(c) operates only in relation to a coparcener. A Hindu coparcenary is narrower than a Hindu joint family and comprises only those who acquire an interest by birth in the coparcenary property. A Hindu widow, after the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, is not a coparcener and has no right to demand partition. She is only a member of the Hindu undivided family. On that footing, the statutory condition for invoking section 34(1)(c) was not satisfied.
Conclusion: Section 34(1)(c) of the Estate Duty Act, 1953 was not applicable, and the question was answered in favour of the accountable person and against the Revenue.
Final Conclusion: The reference was answered against the Revenue on the applicability of the estate duty aggregation provision to a Hindu female who was not a coparcener.
Ratio Decidendi: For section 34(1)(c) of the Estate Duty Act, 1953 to apply, the deceased must be a coparcener; a Hindu widow who is only a member of a Hindu undivided family does not satisfy that requirement.
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