The Economic Times

Sold land for Rs 5 crore and buys new land in wifes name; paid no capital gains tax; gets tax notice; Why ITAT Delhi denied tax exemption

A man who sold agricultural land for Rs 5 crore and reinvested the gains into a new plot in his wife's name was denied capital gains tax exemption under Section 54B. The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Delhi upheld this denial, citing a Punjab and Haryana High Court ruling that disallows deductions when the new land isn't purchased in the assessee's own name.