Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 186 · Decided 20 April 1998
World Tanker Carrier Corporation v. SNP Shipping Services PVT. LTD. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 186 · [1998] 2 S.C.R. 1032
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8534/1997
- Decided
- 20 April 1998
- Bench
- SUJATA V. MANOHAR, S.P. KURDUKAR, D.P. WADHWA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 20, 3(15); Limitation Act
Headnote
Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 : Sections 352-A 352-C and 352-F(J). limitation of liability-Action for-By owners of sea-going vessel- C Jurisdiction of court-Collision took place between two vessels, both of which were foreign vessels, on the high seas off the coast of a foreign country-The owners or companies except onzv one of the managers which was an Indian company­ Al/ the claimants/defendants were foreigners who neither resided in India D nor did any business in India, nor submitted to the jurisdiction of any court in India, nor filed any liability action in India-Indian
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