Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 199 · Decided 10 April 2001

Shipping CORPN. of India LTD. ETC. ETC. v. C.L. Jain Woollen Mills and ORS.

Court: Supreme Court of India
Citation: 2001 INSC 199 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 1080
Case number: CIVIL APPEAL No. 2681/2001
Decided: 10 April 2001
Bench: G.B. PATTANAIK, S.N. PHUKAN, B.N. AGRAWAL (3-judge bench)
Case type: Civil
Acts & sections cited: Contract Act Section 170, 171; Customs Act Section 45(2)(b), 11l

Headnote

c D E F G H Customs Act, 1962-Sections 45(2)(b) and 11l(d}-Confiscation of imported goods and issuance of detention onler by the Revenue-Liability of Demurrage charges to Carrier during the detention period-Dimction by High Court to Revenue to release the goods holding the detention illegal and of liability-Held, importer not liable for demurrage charges since the matter reached finality-Issuance of detention certificate by Revenue cannot nullify the right of lien by the Carrier over the goods for demurrage charges-Revenue liable to pay demurrage chmxes-Waiver of demurrage charges

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