Supreme Court of India

Sun Export Corporation and Anr. v. Board of Trustees of the Port of Bombay

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Reported as [1997] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 682
Bench Dr. A.S. Anand and K. Venkataswami JJ.
Decided 23 October 1997

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Bombay Port Trust Act 1879 : S.3(5) /Major Port Trusts Act 1963 : S.2(0)-/mporter acting as agent of the consignee and responsible for custody of goods-Held, it was owner of the goods in question and liable to pay charges to the Port Trust. · Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 : S.63-Goods confiscated by Customs Authority-Held, not available for appropriation towards Port Trust dues. Appellant No. I, a sole proprietary concern of appellant No. 2, imported certain consignment in the years 1973-74, against two import licences held by an engineering firm. The said firm had obtained from the Joint

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