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Issues: Whether the widow's pension under the employer's pension and assurance scheme was includible in the principal value of the deceased's estate under section 15 of the Estate Duty Act, 1953.
Analysis: The scheme was not a purely gratuitous or discretionary arrangement. The deceased had joined the scheme, the employer paid the premiums on his behalf, and the benefits formed part of the contractual service arrangement. The deceased thus had an annuity or other interest provided by arrangement with another person within the meaning of section 15. The widow's entitlement under the scheme was an enforceable beneficial interest, unlike a discretionary pension trust where no beneficiary had a right to claim payment.
Conclusion: The amount payable to the widow was includible in the principal value of the estate under section 15, and the question was answered in the affirmative, against the assessee and in favour of the Revenue.
Final Conclusion: The reference was disposed of by holding that the pensionary benefit passed on the deceased's death for estate duty purposes.
Ratio Decidendi: Where an employer-funded pension or assurance benefit is provided to an employee by arrangement and creates an enforceable right in the employee or the beneficiary, the resulting beneficial interest is an annuity or other interest deemed to pass on death under section 15 of the Estate Duty Act, 1953.
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