Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 682 · Decided 27 July 2017
Mumbai Port Trust v. MIS. Shri Lakshmi Steels and ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 682 · [2017] 11 S.C.R. 470
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9831/2017
- Decided
- 27 July 2017
- Bench
- MADAN B. LOKUR, DEEPAK GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Customs Act Section 160(9), 45(1)
Headnote
Major Port Trusts Act, 1963: ss.47A and 53 - Detention of guods uf imporrers - By the Customs Departme/l/ at the instance of Directorate of Revenue lmelligence (DR!) - Demand of demurrage! detention charges by the Port Tnist and Shipping Line - Demand challenged - Mala fide alleged against - High Court held that the importers were not liable to pay demurrage charges to the Port D trust nor were liable to pay the detention charges to the Shipping Line; that DRE/Customs authorities were liable to pay the detention charges and that Port Tnist was 1101 entitled to charge demurrage in
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