Actual date of transfer relevant for benefit u/s 54 if possession been given before ‘Sale Deed’

Brief of the case In the case of Shashi Gupta vs. ITO, the Delhi Tribunal while considering the effective date of transfer of immovable property for the purpose of taking benefit of time limit specified u/s 54 of the Act considered the date of ‘agreement to sell’ of an immovable property as effective date of transfer of property taking the view expressed by Hon’ble Apex Court on the word ‘transfer’ in the case of Sanjeev lal & Anr. Vs. CIT & Anr, wherein the Apex court held that ‘looking at the provisions of Section 2(47) of the Act, which defines the word “transfer” in...