Benami Property - Transaction entered into between spouses - ...

Spousal and parental property purchases exempt from benami classification under legislative framework. Transactions between spouses recognized as non-benami.

March 10, 2021

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Benami Property - Transaction entered into between spouses - while enacting the Act, the legislatures have kept in mind the practical scenario of the society where a spouse can purchase a property in the name of another spouse and also in the name of their child and consciously have exempted those individuals who were/are the participants of such transactions and such transactions were kept outside the purview of the Act and the Act is not intended to give banami colour to the transactions entered into between spouses. - HC

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