Section 54B Exemption Requires LTCG Investment in Agricultural Land Under Assessee's Name Only, Not Family Members'.

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....Exemption u/s 54B - LTCG was invested in the purchase of another agricultural land in the name of his wife - The term “assessee” is qualified by the expression “purchased any other land for being used for agricultural purposes”, which necessarily means that the new asset has to be in the name of the assessee himself; that therefore, purchase of agricultural land by the assessee in the name of his son or grandson etc. does not qualify for exemption u/s 54B. - AT....