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Issues: Whether compensation received on compulsory acquisition of rural agricultural land under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 was exempt from income-tax and could not be brought to tax under the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Analysis: The assessee received compensation for acquisition of rural agricultural land. The Tribunal examined section 96 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 and the CBDT circular clarifying that income-tax is not leviable on awards or agreements covered by that Act, except those falling under section 46. It found that section 46 concerns private purchase through negotiations and had no application to a case of compulsory acquisition by the Government. The Tribunal further noted that the circular clarifies that the exemption under section 96 is wider than the specific exemption under section 10(37) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, and that compensation covered by section 96 is not taxable even where the recipient is not an individual or HUF.
Conclusion: The compensation was held to be exempt from income-tax and the addition was deleted in favour of the assessee.
Ratio Decidendi: Compensation received on compulsory acquisition of land under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 is not taxable under the Income-tax Act, 1961 when the case does not fall within section 46 of that Act.
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