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Section 48 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 — Capital gains — Cost of acquisition— Once the cost of acquisition is determined and the land under sale was found to be a long term capital asset, indexation of cost of acquisition becomes automatic as per the statutory provisions of the Act, therefore, there is no rationale for denial of indexation benefits simply because old documents in respect of land could not be produced — Bhojison Infrastructure P. Ltd. vs. Income Tax Officer [2018] 196 TTJ (Ahmedabad) 518