Supreme Court · 1957 INSC 49 · Decided 16 May 1957
F. N. Roy v. Collector of Customs, CALCUTTA.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1957 INSC 49 · [1957] 1 S.C.R. 1151
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 438/1955
- Decided
- 16 May 1957
- Bench
- SUDHI RANJAN DAS, SYED JAFFER IMAM, S.K. DAS, P. GOVINDA MENON, A.K. SARKAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 32; Customs Act
Headnote
COURT REPORTS 1151 the facts and circumstances as stated in the agreed statement of the case. We are of opinion that the answer was correctly given by the High Court of Bombay. The transaction in its· true legal character was a relinquishment of the managing agency and was neither a sale 'V. COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, CALCUTT A. (S. R.- DAS c. J., JAFER IMAM, s. K. DAS, GovrNDA MENON and A. K. SARKAR JJ.) ·sea Customs-Import without licence-Confiscation of goods­ Validity of Order-Discretion of Customs-authorities-Validity of Enactment-Sea Customs Act, 1878 (Vlll of
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