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Sec. 50C of Income Tax Act, 1961—Capital Gain—It is the assessee who is contending that sale transaction executed by her through registered sale deed in favour of her husband is a sham transaction and thus the onus is on the assessee to prove that it was a sham transaction and it is for the assessee to rebut the presumption that transfer was complete when registered sale deed was executed by assessee and possession handed over to husband of the assessee by cogent evidence in de novo assessment proceedings before AO and the AO shall allow assessee to file evidences/explanations in her defense in set aside assessment proceedings which shall be admitted by the AO in the interest of substantial justice and then the issue be adjudicated on merits in accordance with law, thus, the AO shall give proper and adequate opportunity of being heard to the assessee in accordance with principles of natural justice in accordance with law in denovo assessment proceedings—SAHEERA BANU (SMT.) Vs. ITO [2020] 78 ITR (TRIB) 365 (ITAT-CHENNAI)