Commissioner Of Income-Tax vs Chandanben Maganlal on 12 May, 1999
Similar view has been taken by
the Hon'
ble Delhi High Court in the case of CIT v. Chandanben Maganlal
(supra), wherein the Hon'
ble High Court held that sale proceeds invested for
purchase of interest in the residential house owned by the assessee'
s
husband and son, amounts to purchase and hence entitled for exemption u/s
54F. Section 54F, per se, does not prohibit or bar that fractional interest or
share in the property, which has been purchased, will not be entitled for
deduction u/s 54F. Thus, following the said proposition laid down by the
Hon'
ble Court, we hold that the assessee is eligible for deduction u/s 54F on
the amount spent on acquisition of rights in a property from the other
members of the family or HUF.