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Sec. 56(2)(vii)(b) of Income-tax Act, 1961— Income from other sources—Mere registration at later date would not cover a transaction already executed in the earlier years and substantial obligations have already been discharged and a substantive right has accrued to the assessee therefrom. Where an individual or HUF receives from any person any immovable property without consideration, the provisions of preamended s. 56(2)(vii)(b) would apply and the aforesaid provisions was however substituted by Finance Act, 2013 and made applicable to asst. yr. 2014-15 onwards and.the preamended provisions will thus apply in the case of the assessee and therefore the Revenue is debarred to cover the transactions where inadequacy in purchase consideration is alleged, thus, the AO is directed to delete the additions made under s. 56(2)(vii)(b) and restore the position claimed by the assessee— Bajrang Lal Naredi vs. ITO [2020] 203 TTJ 925 (RANCHI)