Court Clarifies Property Ownership Under Tax Law: Partnership Firm, Not Individual, Deemed Buyer for Tax Purposes.

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....Addition u/s 56(2)(vii) - real owners - partners v/s firm - property purchased by assessee-partner less than guideline value of the property - applying purposive construction to the facts of the present case, the property is deemed to have been acquired by the firm only and not by individual partners. Provisions of Sec.56(2)(vii)(b)(ii) could not be pressed into service since these provisions do not apply to partnership firm at the relevant point of time. - AT....