Supreme Court · 1958 INSC 59 · Decided 9 May 1958
Shewpujanrai Indrasanrai LTD. v. The Collector of Customs & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1958 INSC 59 · [1959] 1 S.C.R. 821
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 256/1954
- Decided
- 9 May 1958
- Bench
- SUDHI RANJAN DAS, VIVIAN BOSE, NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, S.K. DAS, K. SUBBA RAO (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Companies Act; Customs Act Section 8
Headnote
SUPREME COURT ·REPORTS SHEWPUJANRAI INDRASANRAI LTD. v. 821 THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS.& OTHERS (S. R. DAS C. J., BHAGWATI, S. K. DAs, SuBBA RAo and VIVIAN BosE JJ.) Smuggled Goods-Violation of provisions of Sea Customs Act and Foreign Exchange Regulation Act-Power of Collector. of Act, z878 (8 of z878), ss. I9, z67(8), z82, z83-Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, z947 (7 of z947), ss. 8, 23. The appellant company was carrying on business as a bullion merchant and in that capacity purchased about 9478 tolas of gold. On information that the gold in question was smuggled, the
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