Tenant Ownership Conversion Not a 'Transfer' Under Tax Law, ITAT Rules Section 56(2)(x) Inapplicable.

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....The case pertains to the applicability of Section 56(2)(x) of the Income Tax Act on the conversion of tenancy rights into ownership rights by a protected tenant. The key points are: The Assessing Officer invoked Section 56(2)(x) on the conversion, treating it as a 'transfer' u/s 2(47). The CIT(A) upheld this action, considering the conversion as a 'transfer' covered u/s 56(2)(x)(b)(B). However, the ITAT distinguished between transfer of ownership rights and transfer of ownership by a protected tenant. It held that the assessee, being a protected tenant since 1992, merely acquired ownership rights of the flat earlier occupied as a tenant, and did not acquire any immovable property. The ITAT ruled that Section 56(2)(x)(b) is not applicable in.........