Estate of Vandravan P Shah, Mumbai vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Circle 19(3), Mumbai
In the result all the three captioned appeals are dismissed
ITA 5403/MUM/2024[2017-18]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai23 Dec 2025AY 2017-18
Bench: Sandeep Gosain () & Shri Om Prakash Kant ()
For Appellant: Ms. Shivani ShahFor Respondent: Mr. Hemanshu Joshi, Sr. DR
Section 132Section 143(3)Section 147Section 148Section 153CSection 159Section 35A
…death does not mandate that income earned prior to death must be assessed under section 168. Such an interpretation would defeat the clear legislative demarcation between the two provisions. 9.10 The Hon'ble Bombay High Court in Arvind Bhogilal v. CIT [1976] 105 ITR 764, held that there is a clear demarcation between income assessable under Section 159 and Section 168. The date of death serves as the dividing line. Just as the personal income of a legal representative cannot be clubbed with the estate's income, the income assessable under Section 159 (pre-death) cannot be assessed under Section 168 (post-death).…