Purposive interpretation of residential house exemption: unregistered purchase agreement alone does not defeat relief, but investment must be verified...
If the object of the legislature is to tax the capital gains arising on transfer of a capital acquired under a gift or will by including the period for which the said asset was held by the previous owner, then that object cannot be defeated by excluding the period for which the said asset was held by the previous owner while determining the indexed cost of acquisition of that asset to the assessee
If the object of the legislature is to tax the capital gains arising on transfer of a capital acquired under a gift or will by including the period for which the said asset was held by the previous owner, then that object cannot be defeated by excluding the period for which the said asset was held by the previous owner while determining the indexed cost of acquisition of that asset to the assessee
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