Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 287 · Decided 21 April 1995
Trustees of Port of Madras v. M/S. Nagavedu Lungi and Company and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 287 · [1995] 3 S.C.R. 669
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1519/1982
- Decided
- 21 April 1995
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, N. VENKATACHALA, S. SAGHIR AHMAD (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Customs Act
Headnote
OF PORT OF MADRAS v. M/S. NAGAVEDU LUNGI AND COMPANY AND ORS. APRIL 21, 1995 [KULDIP SINGH, N.VENKATACHALA AND S. SAGHIR AHMAD, JJ.) Customs Act, 1962 A B Sea Port-CUStom Area-Textile goods-illegal detention of by Cus- C toms Officer--£xporter Consignor-Held liable _to pay demurrage and of certain textile goods illegally detained in the Customs area of the Port of Madras by the Collector of Customs. The City Civil Court dismissed the suit on the ground that the consignor exporter of the goods could not be held liable to pay the charges when the goods had been illegally
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