1969 (12) TMI 22

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....rence under section 64(2) of the Estate Duty Act, 1953, as it stood before amendment. The question of law referred for our opinion is : " Whether, in the circumstances of the case, the sum of Rs. 33,000 is liable to be charged in respect of the alleged jewellery owned by the deceased ? " One Sri Murigappa Chigateri died on January 12, 1957, and his son is the accountable person under the Est....

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....r the assessment year 1952-53. There was a partition between the deceased and his son, the accountable person, on September 27, 1955, under a partition deed. Under the said partition deed, it was shown that the total value of the jewellery at the time of the partition was Rs. 18,700, out of which jewellery worth Rs. 1,700 was shown as the share of the deceased and jewellery worth Rs. 17,000 as the....

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....at has happened to the jewellery shown in the wealth statement of the deceased for the year 1952-53. A similar question arose in Smt. Shantabai Jadhav v. Controller of Estate Duty before the Andhra Pradesh High Court. In the said case also there was a wealth statement that the deceased was in possession of jewellery valued at Rs. 10,000. The deceased died a year and half after making the said stat....