Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 205 · Decided 9 September 1975
Trustees of the Port of Madras v. M/S. Aminchand Pyarelal & Ors .
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 205 · [1976] 1 S.C.R. 721
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 707/1973
- Decided
- 9 September 1975
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Customs Act Section 17(3), 17(4)
Headnote
Madras Port Trust Act 1905-Sec. 42, 43, 43A-Port Trust Rules 13- Bye-law-Nature of--:-De1nurrage-Unreasona]Jle-Cusio111s Act Secs. 17(3) & 17(4). On 10-4-1968, a steamer arrived at the Madras port and landed inter alia a consignment of 202 bundles of black sizes. The appel­ lanls received the goods and stored them in the transit sheds. The goods were imported by- the, first respondent. under an authorisation issued by the State Trading Corporation of India which held a licence to import the goods from IIungary. The. clearing agents of the
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