Corporate Law - Female heirs of a Hindu governed by the Dayabhaga School of Hindu Law dying intestate could not impress upon their inherited property the character of joint family property. The properties inherited from her husband was assessable in the hands of the assessee in the status of individual. It means that female members of a HUF cannot form H...
Read MoreCorporate Law - HUF is a creation of law and cannot be created by the act of parties, except in the case of adoption by member of HUF. HUF is a separate legal entity as per section 2(31) of the Income Tax Act and therefore, as long as the HUF is in existence, no individual member can be separately assessed in respect of its income. [ITO vs. Bachu Lal Kap...
Read MoreCorporate Law - It is not a question whether it is Section 23(2) of the Income Tax Act or Section 7(4) of the Wealth Tax Act, the provisions being similar, the interpretation will be the same. The Division Bench of this Court having held that similar benefit is available to HUF, irrespective of decision of other High Court with regard to partnership firm...
Read MoreCorporate Law - Impact of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) on Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) as an income tax Unit There is growing demand for implementation of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India. In addition to other implications, it will also impact the concept of Hindu Undivided Family as an income tax unit. I thought of writing about its […]...
Read MoreCorporate Law - HUF (Hindu Undivided family) is peculiar concept under Hindu Law which is not prevalent in any other religion. All the assets of an HUF are owned collectively by all the members. As the share of each of the members in the HUF assets fluctuates with death and birth in the family, no member can predicate […]...
Read MoreCorporate Law - In a move expected to make family settlements and transfer of shares more taxing, the government plans to tighten anti-abuse provisions in the Income Tax Act, by including share sales in unlisted companies below fair market value under the ambit of regulations....
Read MoreCorporate Law - From now on, when you get a gift in kind, valued at more than Rs. 50,000, from your parents or other relatives, make sure you have a sworn affidavit declaring the donor your kin.The Central Board of Direct Taxes has ruled that any such gift will be taxable for the donee unless it is from relatives or given during occasions such as marriag...
Read MoreCorporate Law - The Direct Taxes Code proposes to substantially raise the threshold limit for levy of wealth tax to Rs 50 crore from Rs 30 lakh, a suggestion, if accepted, would save many people from paying tax on their wealth. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the budget for 2009-10 had doubled the threshold limit for levy of wealth tax to [&helli...
Read MoreCorporate Law - Enhancement of the limit for payment of wealth tax under the existing provisions of section 3 of the Wealth-tax Act, wealth tax is charged every year in respect of net wealth, on the valuation date, of every individual, Hindu undivided family and company at the rate of one per cent. of the amount by which the net wealth exceeds Rs.15.00 l...
Read MoreCorporate Law - If you are thinking of filing your income tax returns online, think twice. It is very easy for anyone to hack into your account and have access to your income tax details. All a hacker needs to know is - 1. Your name 2. Permanent account number (PAN) and 3. Your date of birth. He first needs to log onto the e-filing website (www.incometa...
Read MoreRajeshwari Vs Bhunu Ram (Chhattisgarh High Court) - Rajeshwari Vs Bhunu Ram (Chhattisgarh High Court) Section 20 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 speaks about the maintenance of children and aged parents. Sub section(3) of Section 20 causes obligation of a person to maintain his or her aged or infirm parent or a daughter who is unmarr...
Read MoreArunachala Gounder (Dead) By Lrs. Vs Ponnusamy and Ors. (Supreme Court of India) - The Supreme Court on Thursday said the daughters of a male Hindu dying without a will would be entitled to inherit self-acquired and other properties obtained in the partition by the father....
Read MoreBeereddy Dasaratharami Reddy Vs V. Manjunath and Another (Supreme Court of India) - Beereddy Dasaratharami Reddy Vs V. Manjunath (Supreme Court of India) Right of the Karta to execute agreement to sell or sale deed of a joint Hindu family property is settled and is beyond cavil vide several judgments of this Court including Sri Narayan Bal and Others v. Sridhar Sutar and Others,2 w...
Read MoreKiran Devi Vs The Bihar State Sunni Wakf Board & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) - Kiran Devi Vs The Bihar State Sunni Wakf Board & Ors. (Supreme Court) 1. Supreme Court on Hindu Undivided Family, there cannot be any Presumption That Business Run By Karta In Tenented Premise Is Joint Family Asset. 2. The contract of tenancy is an independent contract than the joint Hindu famil...
Read MoreSatish Chander Ahuja Vs Sneha Ahuja (Supreme Court) - Satish Chander Ahuja Vs Sneha Ahuja (Supreme Court) Conclusion: Suit filed in civil court for mandatory and permanent injunction was fully maintainable and the issues raised by assessee-father-in-law as well as by daughter-in-law claiming a right under Section 19 were to be addressed and decided on ...
Read MoreNotification No. GSR 956(E) - (07/12/2010) - an account opened on behalf of a Hindu Undivided Family prior to the 13th day of May, 2005, shall be closed after expiry of fifteen years from the end of the year in which the initial subscription was made and the entire amount standing at the credit of the subscriber shall be refunded, after making...
Read MorePRESS RELEASE No.402/92/2006-MC - (30/09/2009) - The Income Tax Act 1961 (the Act) has been amended with effect from 1st October 2009 to provide that any gift-in-kind, being an immovable property or any other property, the value of which exceeds Rs.50,000 (rupees fifty thousand), will become taxable in the hands of the donee, being an individual o...
Read More
Rajeshwari Vs Bhunu Ram (Chhattisgarh High Court) -
Arunachala Gounder (Dead) By Lrs. Vs Ponnusamy and Ors. (Supreme Court of India) -
Beereddy Dasaratharami Reddy Vs V. Manjunath and Another (Supreme Court of India) -
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |