Supreme Court of India

Board of Trustees, Port of Mumbai v. Indian Oil Corporation

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Reported as [1998] 2 S.C.R. 774
Bench Sujata V. Manohar and D.P. Wadhwa JJ.
Decided 16 April 1998

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Major Port Trusts Act, 1963: Section 64. Recovery of rates and charges by distraint-Or arrest of vessel and sale-Held: Board of Trustees' lien over the vessel is paramount which is even above the claims of the secured creditors in winding up-It cannot be exlinguished or the vessel sold by any authority under directions of court unless consented to by the Board-Companies Acl, 1955, Ss. 446 and 529. vessel belonging to a Company arrived at the port and was laid up at anchorage. It became liable to pay anchorage and other charges leviable under the provisions of the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963

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