Court Rules Section 171 Applies Only to Previously Assessed HUFs; Impacts Deductions u/s 54 for Property Partitions.

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....Revision u/s 263 - denial of deduction u/s 54 in the hands of Individual - Partition of HUF or not - reading of sub- section 171 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 makes it very clear that it is applicable only where a Hindu family was already assessed as an Hindu Undivided Family(HUF). Otherwise, there is no meaning to the expression “hither to” in Section 171(1). - Where a Hindu family was never assessed as a HUF, Section 171 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 will not apply even when there is a division or partition of property which does not answer to the above definition. - HC....