TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
1969 (12) TMI 23
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.... 1953, for our opinion is : " Whether on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the amount of Rs. 50,111 was correctly included in the estate of the deceased as property deemed to pass on his death under section 9 of the Act ? " The matter relates to the assessment of the estate of one Murigappa Chigateri who died on 12th January, 1957. The accountable person is the son of the deceased.....
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.... on 16th August, 1956, and the other was encashed on 10th September, 1956. As stated earlier, Murigappa Chigateri died on 12th January, 1957, within six months of the encashment of the cheques, but beyond six months after the issue of the cheques. The Assistant Controller of Estate Duty held that the sum of Rs. 50,111 is liable to estate duty on the view that the donation was made within six month....
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....ther body undertakes any work, it cannot be said that the person who has made the promise of a donation can revoke his promise. Where the donee alters his position in view of the promise made by the donor, the donee has a legal right to enforce the payment of the sum promised. Vide Indian Contract and Specific Relief Acts, 8th edition, by Pollock and Mulla, page 17. It is not disputed by the lear....
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....ayment is cheque and is unconditional and it is honoured, the payment is on the date on which the cheque was delivered. In the instant case, the delivery of the cheques was unconditional. Therefore, the encashment of the cheques relates back to the date of the issue of the cheque. In that view, the decision in Owen v. Inland Revenue Commissioners is distinguishable from the facts of the present ca....