Deduction U/s. 54F cannot be claimed on Capital gains arising in the hands of spouse

ACIT Vs Shri Ramakant Rajaram Bodke (ITAT Pune) It is an admitted fact that the assessee in the original return of income or in the revised return of income had never claimed deduction u/s.54F of the Act. Further, it is the case of the assessee that benefit of deduction u/s.54F is with respect to capital gains arising in the hands of wife of assessee which was suo-moto clubbed in the hands of assessee u/s. 64 of the Act. One of the conditions for claiming deduction u/s. 54F is that claim should have been made in the return of income. Since no such claim was made by assessee in the return of i...