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Issues: Whether section 10 of the Estate Duty Act applied so as to include the gifted lands in the deceased's estate.
Analysis: The gifts in favour of the daughters were found to be true and valid, and the donees were shown to have received the usufruct of the lands. The inference that the donor must have misappropriated some part of the income merely because no accounts were maintained was held to be unsustainable, as there was no evidence of misappropriation and no legal obligation to maintain trust accounts was established on the facts. On the materials, the donor was not shown to have retained possession, enjoyment, or any benefit referable to the gifted property so as to attract the second limb of section 10.
Conclusion: Section 10 was not applicable, and the inclusion of the gifted lands in the estate was unjustified.