Commissioner Of Income-Tax vs Smt. Ranjana Kumari on 28 July, 1986
7. After we have met the catena of judgments relied upon by the learned counsel for the assessee, we now come to the Punjab High Court decision in Gian Chand Vir Bhangs case {supra) which, according to us, is applicable to the instant case on all fours in favour of the revenue. In this case, Mr. V was member of the HUF and also a partner of the firm. V signed the memo of appeal as a karta of the HUF whereas the appeal was preferred by the firm and he should have signed it as a partner. The Tribunal dismissed the said appeal as incompetent on the ground that he did style himself as a member of the firm. Their Lordships of the High Court held as under :