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Issues: Whether a transfer of jewellery made subject to revocation after a specified period is a gift liable to gift-tax, whether section 126 of the Transfer of Property Act governs the transaction, and whether valuation must be made under section 6(2) of the Gift-tax Act read with rule 11 of the Gift-tax Rules.
Analysis: The transfer deed showed complete divestment in favour of the donee for 74 months, with revocation permitted only after that period and within a further limited time. On that footing, the transfer was not an unrestricted revocable arrangement but a gift revocable after a specified period. Section 6(2) of the Gift-tax Act was held to cover such gifts, and the absence of a separate definition of irrevocable transfer in the Gift-tax Act did not exclude the transaction from taxation. Section 126 of the Transfer of Property Act was treated as inapplicable to the determination under the Gift-tax Act. The prior valuation was not accepted as having been made under the correct statutory framework, so the question of computation was left to the assessing authority under section 6(2) and rule 11.
Conclusion: The transaction was held to be a taxable gift under the Gift-tax Act, and the challenge based on section 126 of the Transfer of Property Act failed. The valuation issue was remitted to the assessing authority for fresh determination under the correct provisions.
Final Conclusion: The appellate order and the assessment were set aside, and the matter was sent back for recomputation of the gift's value under the statutory valuation rules, while the Revenue succeeded on the question of taxability.
Ratio Decidendi: A gift that is irrevocable for a specified period and revocable only thereafter falls within section 6(2) of the Gift-tax Act and is chargeable to gift-tax, irrespective of section 126 of the Transfer of Property Act.
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