Supreme Court of India

Jagjit Cotton Textile Mills v. Chief Commercial Superintendent N.R. and Ors.

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Reported as [1998] 2 S.C.R. 1065
Bench S.B. Majmudar and M. Jagannadha Rao JJ.
Decided 21 April 1998

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We hold that the Railways had a lien for the D penal charge under section 55(1) of the old Act and have a lien for the penal charges under section 83 of the new Act.

Judgment, page 31

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