Commercial property status protects capital-gains exemption when residential-house ownership limits are tested, while agricultural-land character governs reinvestment relief.

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....For capital gains exemption under section 54F, a shop-cum-office verified as commercial cannot be treated as an additional residential house when applying the ownership condition. The denial based on its classification as a residential house was therefore removed, subject to satisfaction of the remaining statutory conditions. For section 54B, agricultural land does not lose its agricultural character merely because it is situated in an urban area. Reinvestment relief was available to the extent supported by purchase deeds and other documentary evidence establishing eligible investment.....