Supreme Court of India

The East and West Steamship Comp Any, George Town, Madras v. S. K. Ramalingam Chettiar.

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Reported as [1960] 3 S.C.R. 820
Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.
Decided 3 May 1960

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Carrier of goods by sea-Loss or damage, meanmg of-Liability of carrier-Delivery of goods-Time for-The Indian Carriage of Goods Act, r925 (XXVI of r925), Schedule, Art III, para: 6, cl. 3. The appellant in the first case ( . . No. 88/56) and the res­ pondents in the other two cases ( . As. Nos. gr & 92 of 1958) were shipping companies carrying goods by sea from one port to another. They carried goods of the opposite parties by ships to their places of destination but failed to deliver the whole of the goods consigned. In the suits brought by the owners of the goods for compensation the main

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