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2.The assessee is a registered firm, carrying on business in grains. The firm had four partners, out of whom one, namely, Rewaprasad, died on March 17, 1973. For the assessment year 1974-75, accounting year ending on Diwali in the year 1973, the assessee filed two returns--one for the period November 5, 1972, to March 16, 1973, and the other for the period March 17, 1973, to Diwali 1973, the date of death of Rewaprasad being the point of demarcation between the two periods. The assessee contended that the firm stood dissolved on the death of Rewaprasad on March 17, 1973, so that it was not a case of a mere change in the constitution but one of succession governed by Section 188 of the Act and not Section 187. The ITO rejected this contention on the ground that the original. partnership deed dated April 21, 1969, expressly provided that the firm shall continue and shall not stand dissolved in the event of death of any one of the partners. Accordingly, the ITO held that it was a case of only a change in the constitution of the firm governed by Section 187 of the Act. The Commissioner (Appeals) dismissed the assessee's appeal and affirmed the order, of the ITO. The Tribunal has further affirmed this conclusion. Hence, the reference of the above questions is at the instance of the assessee for the decision of this court.

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Subject	Direct Taxation
Court	Madhya Pradesh High Court
Decided On	Jul-31-1985
Case Number	Miscellaneous Civil Caes No. 417 of 1981
Judge	J.S. Verma and ;K.K. Adhikari, JJ.
Reported in	[1985]156ITR565(MP)
Acts	Income Tax Act, 1961 - Sections 187(2); Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1984 - Sections 187 and 188
Appellant	Chhote Lal Rewaprasad
Respondent	Commissioner of Income-tax
Appellant Advocate	B.L. Nema, Adv.
Respondent Advocate	B.K. Rawat, Adv.

Chhote Lal Rewaprasad Vs. Commissioner of Income-tax - Court Judgment