Section 153C Assessment: Assessee Not in Possession, Section 2(47)(i) Transfer Definition Inapplicable.

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....Assessment u/s 153C - Short Term Capital Gain - transfer within the meaning of section 2[47] - As per the sec.2(47)(i), transfer in relation to capital asset includes sale and exchange are realized on the asset so as to relinquish the asset. The assessee shall be in a possession of impugned property but in the present case, the property which was said to be existed or relinquished was not in the possession of the assessee and both purchase and sale agreement were unregistered agreement and it cannot be said that the assessee was in a physical possession of the property so as to relinquish the same in favour of the assessee. Being so, we are of the opinion that sec.2(47)(i) cannot be complied. - AT....