Supreme Court of India

M/s Bangalore Club v. The Commissioner of Wealth Tax & Anr.

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Bench R. F. Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 8 September 2020

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Wealth Tax Act, 1957 – ss.3, 21AA – Liability of Bangalore Club to pay wealth tax – Assessing Officer held that Club was liable to be taxed under 1957 Act – Appeal dismissed by CIT (Appeals) – Appellate Tribunal set aside the orders of the Assessing Officer and CIT (Appeals) – High Court decided in favour of revenue – Review Petition dismissed – Held: s.21AA was introduced in order to prevent tax evasion – It was enacted not to rope in association of persons per se as “one more taxable person” to whom the Act would apply – Bangalore Club is an association of persons and not the creation, by a…

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