21 October 2009
The Mumbai Tribunal judgment in case of Mrs. Prema P Shah vs ITO 282ITR (AT)211 [2006] is significant in this regard. In fact , this order of Tribunal not openly confirmed that, the exemption u/s 54 is allowed even for purchase of residential house outside India , but also stated that in UK , even lease for 150 years can be considered purchase for the purpose of section 54 .