The Allahabad High Court has held that mere statement of the contractor doing construction work cannot be relied upon to declare such construction as benami transaction under the Prohibition of Benami.
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Even if a benami transaction had happened long before November 2016, when the new, amended statute came into force, the parties would face the wrath of the law today if the property or asset in question is still being held , according to a recent ruling.