Supreme Court · 1961 INSC 184 · Decided 26 April 1961
M/S. French India Importing Corporation, Delhi v. The Chief Controller of Imports & Exports and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1961 INSC 184 · [1962] 2 S.C.R. 410
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 36/1960
- Decided
- 26 April 1961
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A.K. SARKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, K.C. DAS GUPTA, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32; Customs Act
Headnote
410 SUPREME COURT REPORTS M/s. FRENCH INDIA IMPORTING CORPORATION, DELHI v. (1962] THE CHIEF CONTROLLER OF IMPORTS & EXPORTS AND OTHERS. (P. B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A. K. SARKAR, K. N. WANCHOO, K. C. DAS GUPTA and N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR, JJ.) French Establishments-Agreement to import goods-De Order, r954--Sea Customs Act, r878 (8 of 1878), s. 167(8). The petitioners entered into agreements with certain British firms for the import of cycles and cycle-parts to Pondi­ cherry, which was then a French Establishment, in the manner provided by French law. The goods arrived at
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