Exemption u/s 54 Shouldn't Be Denied for 11-Day Registration Delay Due to Unavoidable Circumstances.

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....Disallowance of exemption u/s 54 within the scope of section 154 - if assessee has received the entire sale consideration before one year and handed over the possession, then affectively assessee has transferred the property. If for extreme and unavoidable circumstances there is slight delay in registering the property exemption cannot be denied. Here the delay is only 11 days. Thus, no adverse inference can be drawn to withdraw the exemption. - AT....