Relative under section 56

Relative under section 56 includes brother or sister of the individual.

QUERY: As the section 56, relative will include only 'blood' brother or 'blood' sister and not to include 'step' brother or 'step' sister?

Note: As per section 56, relative also includes brother or sister of spouse - who are obviously not the blood relatives of the individual.
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This discussion clarifies the definition of a 'relative' under Section 56. It addresses whether this includes only blood brothers and sisters, or also step-brothers and step-sisters. The consensus is that Section 56 does indeed consider step-brothers and step-sisters as relatives, alongside blood relatives and siblings of a spouse.

56 includes blood relatives including step brother /sister
Step Brother and Sister are also considered as relative

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