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1991 (4) TMI 355 - SUPREME COURTWhether the Tribunal was correct in law in holding that the notice under section 15 of the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1953, served on Mr. N.A. Merchant, an employee of the concern was a valid service in law? Whether on a true and correct interpretation of section 15 of the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1953, the Tribunal was correct in law in holding that the assessment proceedings were valid in law, though the notice under the said section 15 was served on Mr. Merchant, an employee of the concern, and not on the dealer? Held that:- Appeal dismissed. The 1953 Act has been repealed by the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959. Section 35 of the 1959 Act provides for reassessment and giving an opportunity to the dealer. The provisions of section 35 are structurally different from the provisions of section 15(1) of the 1953 Act. Under the 1959 Act what is required is that the dealer must be afforded a reasonable opportunity of being heard and there is no requirement of service of notice as contemplated under the 1953 Act and the rules framed thereunder. The question of law raised in these appeals is, therefore, sterile and cannot arise under the 1959 Act. Indeed, it has no general importance and become academic. We, therefore, express no opinion on the question of law raised in these cases
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