Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 154 · Decided 15 July 1968
Kuchwar Lime and Stone CO. v. M/S. Dehri Rohtas Light Railway CO. LTD. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 154 · [1969] 1 S.C.R. 359
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 987/1965
- Decided
- 15 July 1968
- Bench
- J.C. SHAH, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Railway freight and demurrage-consignment booked 'freight to pay'­ Whether consignee liable to pay after refusing to accept consignment.­ Railway not unloading consignment for seven months-if entitled to de­ murrage for full period or obliged to unload and claim demurrage on(y for by a Colliery to the appellant Company carriage to Banjari station on the respondent Railway's line and the ·freight on the consignment was to be paid by the appellant Company. The Com­ pany declined to take delivery of a part of the consignment which reached Banjari on November 12,
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