Section 68 of Income Tax Act: Jewelry Gifts Excluded from Cash Transaction Rules; No Explanation Needed for Gifted Jewelry.

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....Addition u/s 68 in respect of jewellery - It is not in dispute that what is received as gift is only jewellery. Hence, what is received is only gift in kind. Accordingly, the provisions of Section 68 per se could not be invoked in the instant case. It is trite law and the bare reading of the provisions of Section 68 are very clear that the said provisions could be made applicable only for sums received in cash or cheque or demand draft for which satisfactory explanation could not be given by the assessee. - AT....