https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=799224 Assignable contractual rights, including rights reinforced by a specific-performance decree to obtain conveyance of immovable property, are property and capital assets. Their assignment for consideration is a transfer taxable as capital gains rather than income from other sources, even where title or possession has not passed. Claims for indexed cost of improvement and residential-investment exemption require verification of supporting records and fresh adjudication. In alleged penny-stock share sales, surrounding circumstances may, on a preponderance-of-probabilities assessment, displace banking and demat documentation and require the taxpayer to establish genuineness. Unusual off-market acquisition, abnormal market movement and lack of credible investment rationale supported treatment of proceeds as unexplained cash credit. en-us Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 07:32:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=799224 Assignable contractual rights, including rights reinforced by a specific-performance decree to obtain conveyance of immovable property, are property and capital assets. Their assignment for consideration is a transfer taxable as capital gains rather than income from other sources, even where title or possession has not passed. Claims for indexed cost of improvement and residential-investment exemption require verification of supporting records and fresh adjudication. In alleged penny-stock share sales, surrounding circumstances may, on a preponderance-of-probabilities assessment, displace banking and demat documentation and require the taxpayer to establish genuineness. Unusual off-market acquisition, abnormal market movement and lack of credible investment rationale supported treatment of proceeds as unexplained cash credit. Case-Laws Income Tax Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=799224