Section 54(2) of the Income Tax Act

Income-tax Act, 2025: s.82

Section 54(2) falls under section 54 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, which corresponds to section 82 (Profit on sale of property used for residence) of the Income-tax Act, 2025.

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Correspondence checked against the ICAI tabular mapping of the two Acts and the BharatTax.co section commentary.

The decision most relied on for Section 54(2) is (i) Kapil Kumar Agarwal v. ACIT (63 SOT 22), cited in 4 of the 50 judgments on BharatTax that turn on this section.

Leading authorities on Section 54(2)

Judgments on Section 54(2)