1980 (11) TMI 65

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..... s. 560. The ITO noted that there was fixed deposit of Rs. 8,000 in the name of minor son of the assessee; the deposit was made out of the amount received on the maturity of an insurance policy for which premia were paid by the assessee. The ld. Commr. (Appeals) dismissed the assessee's appeal on this aspect. 3. Before us, Shri V.R. Shah, the ld. Counsel for the assessee explained that the asses .....

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..... the transaction was between the assessee and the Life Insurance Corporation; it was not between the assessee and his son. According to him, the assignment of interest in the policy amounted to transfer directly or indirectly some funds without adequate consideration. 6. In our view, the fact that the assessee paid premia to the LIC would not mean that the transfer of the beneficial ownership or .....

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..... rem Bhai Parekh and Ors., (1970) 77 ITR 27 (SC)and urged that there should be a proximate relationship between the assets of the assessee and earning of income. In our view, the transactions do not give rise to any such proximate relationship. The link between the assessee's funds and the assessee's assets on one hand and interest income earned by the minor son are, in our opinion, remote so as to .....

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