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Issues: Whether the amount standing to the credit of the deceased father devolved on the son in his individual capacity or as property of the Hindu undivided family, and whether the related interest payment was deductible in computing business income.
Analysis: The amount represented the deceased father's separate property and not joint family property. On the father's death, devolution was governed by Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, under which the property passed to the son as the sole Class I heir in his individual capacity. The principle that inherited separate property of a father may assume the character of joint family property was held to be modified by the statutory scheme. Since the amount did not belong to the assessee-family, the interest credited on that amount was also not a payment by the joint family to itself and was deductible in computing its business income.
Conclusion: The inherited amount was not taxable as property of the Hindu undivided family, and the interest was allowable as a deduction. The answers were in favour of the assessee and against the department.
Final Conclusion: The common legal issue was resolved by holding that the father's separate property devolved on the son individually under the statutory succession scheme, with the consequential tax treatment following that characterisation.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a male Hindu's separate property devolves under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 on a sole Class I heir, the heir takes it in an individual capacity and not as karta of his Hindu undivided family.
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