1998 (12) TMI 33

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....e questions have been brought before us, at the instance of the assessee. They arise out of the order of the Tribunal for the assessment years 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76 and 1976-77. The assessee as a karta of his Hindu undivided family, is a partner in the firm of Karuppiah Nadar. His minor sons had been admitted to the benefits of the partnership. For these assessment years, the asses....

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....g the assessment years 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75 and 1975-76 did not provide for including the income of the minor children in the income of the parent unless the parent was a partner in the firm. That submission for the assessee must be accepted as section 64 as it stood prior to its amendment on April 1, 1976, did not permit the inclusion of the minor children's income from the firm in the incom....

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....f the Act. The fact that the minor children had been separately assessed would not have the effect of condoning the parent's failure to file the return. The reopening for the assessment year 1976-77 was justified. So far as the second question is concerned, it is now settled by the decision of this court in the case of CIT v. P. Alwarsamy [1995] 211 ITR 353, that even in cases where the parent ....