George Da Costa vs Controller Of Estate Duty In ... on 28 October, 1966
The Supreme Court had occasion to construe the above section in a recent decision in George Da Costa v. Controller of Estate Duty, 1967-63 ITR 497: (AIR 1967 SC 849), The question in that case was whether, a house gifted by a deceased person to his sons four years prior to his death can be deemed to be property passing on his death, If he continued to live with his sons in the said house after the gift. The Court answered the question in the affirmative: and in doing so, it said.