Supreme Court of India

Cesc Ltd. v. Chief Post Master General & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 5 S.C.R. 1055
Bench R.M. Lodha and Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya JJ.
Decided 11 May 2012

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POST OFFICE ACT, 1898: ss. 11 and 12 - Demand for deficit amount of postage from sender of postal articles - Held: In the absence of any breach of the conditions of licence, the provisions of clauses c 11 (1 O)(xv) and 34 of Post Office Guide are not attracted - It is apparent that due to a wrong intimation given by the Postal 0 Authority, the Company affixed the postal stamp of Rs.11- per bill, treating it as 'book post' and the staff of the Postal Department without any objection cleared and delivered it to the respective addressees - The mistake having been committed by the Postal

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