Sm. Parul Lata Chakravarty vs Commercial Tax Officer And Ors. on 8 February, 1965
In Mahendra Pratap's case C. R. 427 (W) of 1962 I have held that with effect from the 1st of April, 1958,-the date specified in Section 7 of the Act of 1957 Section 5(1) of the Bengal Act, which was in excess of the limit of 2% laid down by the Central Act, became ultra vires and invalid, and remained to be so until that provision was amended by the West Bengal Act XIII of 1959. In respect of the period relevant in the instant case, therefore, the respondents had no power to tax snuff at 5%, according to the Bengal Act, as has been done in the instant case.