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Issues: Whether the properties mortgaged by the assessee to a bank as collateral security for a company's loan could be treated as assets "belonging to" the assessee and included in her net wealth under section 2(m) of the Wealth Tax Act, 1957.
Analysis: The Tribunal found that the documents placed on record showed a real mortgage of the assessee's immovable properties in favour of the bank, with the bank entitled to proceed against or sell the properties on default. Relying on the principle that, in such circumstances, the mortgagor retains only the right of equity of redemption and not full beneficial enjoyment of the mortgaged property, the Tribunal held that the decisive question was not bare legal title but whether the asset could still be regarded as belonging to the assessee for wealth-tax purposes. The Tribunal followed the Kerala High Court decision holding that mortgaged property used as security for a loan could not be treated as an asset belonging to the assessee to the extent of the mortgage interest, and that only the remaining rights, if any, could be considered.
Conclusion: The mortgaged properties could not be treated as assets belonging to the assessee under section 2(m) of the Wealth Tax Act, 1957, and were directed to be excluded from her net wealth.
Ratio Decidendi: For wealth-tax purposes, property mortgaged to secure another's loan is not includible in the assessee's net wealth as an asset "belonging to" the assessee to the extent the mortgage transfers the relevant proprietary interest and leaves only the equity of redemption.
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