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2015 (9) TMI 755 - DELHI HIGH COURTComputation of capital gain - whether sale of the said land is not taxable because the land was agricultural land which did not fall within the definition of capital asset under Section 2(14)? - Whether distance up to the land should be considered or up to the village within which such land is situated? - Held that:- The Court is of the view that for the purposes of Section 2 (14) (iii) (b) of the Act, the distance had to be measured from the agricultural land in question to the outer limit of the municipality by road and not by the straight line or the aerial route. The distance has to be measured from the land in question itself and not from the village in which the land is situated. ITAT fairly concluded that the land had to be within the distance of 8 Kms. from the outer limit of the Gurgaon municipality and not from the outer limit of ITA 714/2015 Page 5 of 6 the village Ghata in which the land was located. On the strength of the certificate produced by the Assessee from the former Additional Director General, CPWD that the distance of the land from the outer limit of the Gurgaon Municipality was 10.4 Kms, the ITAT held that the land owned by the Assessee did not fall within Clauses (a) or (b) of Section 2 (14) (iii). - Decided against revenue.
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