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Issues: Whether compensation payable under the deceased employee's service agreement for death arising out of and in the course of employment was includible in the dutiable estate.
Analysis: The compensation under clause 143 was a stipulated contractual benefit, not a discretionary or gratuitous payment. It was payable on the happening of a specified event and was computed by a fixed formula under the service agreement. The right to receive such compensation was itself an enforceable incident of employment and constituted an interest in property during the employee's lifetime. The distinction drawn in the relied-on authority, where payment depended on discretion and no fixed amount was ascertainable, did not apply here because the agreement used mandatory language and created a direct nexus between the employee's service right and the payment to his heirs or legal representatives.
Conclusion: The compensation was includible in the dutiable estate and the exclusion granted by the appellate authority was erroneous.
Final Conclusion: The departmental appeal was allowed and the addition made by the Assistant Controller was restored.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a service agreement creates a mandatory, quantified right to compensation on death or permanent incapacity arising in the course of employment, that right is an interest in property and the amount payable on death forms part of the deceased's estate for estate duty purposes.
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