Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 97 · Decided 22 February 2002
Om Shankar Biyani v. Board of Trustees, Port of Calcutta and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 97 · [2002] 2 S.C.R. 19
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1407/2002
- Decided
- 22 February 2002
- Bench
- S.S.M. QUADRI, S.N. VARIAVA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Contract Act; Customs Act Section 110
Headnote
B Major Port Trusts Act: Sections 58, 59 and 62. Import of goods for home consumption-Seizure of-Assessment of duty by Customs Authority-liability of payment of Port charges-On the bailor to C pay the Board before removal of goods. Lien on goods-Board has a statutory lien towards rate and entitled on goods no bar to recover storage charges-Non payment of port charges-Power of Board- D Exercise of-Board being a statutory body may take recourse to law and could have sold off the goods. Appellant had imported into India, a consignment of bearings for home consumption and submitted a Bill of
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