Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 124 · Decided 17 February 2015
Petromarine Products LTD. v. Ocean Marine Services Company LTD. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 124 · [2015] 4 S.C.R. 1086
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6156/2005
- Decided
- 17 February 2015
- Bench
- M.Y. EQBAL, SHIVA KIRTI SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC
Headnote
Merchant Shipping Act, 1958: s. 3(15) - Admiralty jurisdiction - Suit for recovery - Arrest of vessel - Vessel berthed at Madras harbor - Jurisdiction of High Court - Held: When the vessel is berthed at the Madras harbor, the Madras High Court alone D has jurisdiction to entertain the subject vessel as per provisions of s. 3(15) - On facts, arrest of vessel by the Madras High Court being the first arrest, the vessel and the sale proceeds are custodial legis of the said court and no proceedings in Bombay High Court can be E maintained subsequently without leave of the
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