2001 (6) TMI 43

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..... years 1975-76 and 1976-77. The assessee, in those years, had no income from any source. However, his two minor sons derived income by virtue of their admission to the benefits of a partnership firm, of which the assessee also was a partner, representing the joint family of which he was the karta. There was no separate assessment of the assessee as an individual and his personal income remained una .....

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..... e assessment year 1975-76, the income of the minor children could not have been assessed in the hands of the father. The decision of the Tribunal as regards that year, is therefore, correct. However, for the succeeding assessment year 1976-77, the amended provision would apply. It is no longer necessary for the parent also to be a partner of the firm for the income of the minor children from the f .....

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