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Issues: Whether gifts of immovable property by the deceased to his minor children, under which the donor retained possession and enjoyment until each donee attained majority, attracted section 10 of the Estate Duty Act, 1953.
Analysis: Section 10 applies where the donee does not immediately assume bona fide possession and enjoyment of the gifted property and thereafter retain it to the entire exclusion of the donor or any benefit to the donor. The gift deeds here showed that the donor continued to possess and enjoy the properties until the minors attained majority, and the recital that he acted as guardian did not change the substance of the arrangement. There was no provision for accumulation of income or accounting to the minors, and the donor's continued possession was therefore treated as retention in his own right rather than as guardian. On the authorities relied on, actual retention of possession and enjoyment by the donor is sufficient, and the capacity in which such retention is asserted is not decisive where the donee has not been fully excluded.
Conclusion: Section 10 was rightly held applicable, and the gifts were liable to be included in the principal value of the estate.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a donor retains possession and enjoyment of gifted property after the gift, the property is deemed to pass on the donor's death under section 10 unless the donee has immediately assumed and thereafter retained bona fide possession and enjoyment to the donor's entire exclusion; the donor's asserted capacity as guardian does not prevent application of the provision if the donor is in fact not excluded.
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