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Bench B.N. Kirpal and V.N. Khare JJ.
Decided 8 January 1998

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What the Court ordered

In the result we accept the contention of the owners of the transhippers that such vessels are entitled to the benefit of the Notification dated 11.10.1958.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

JUDGMENT: (With . . No. 3409 of 1987) J U M N T THOMAS, J. Whether vessels which are used as transhippers can also be treated as "ocean-going vessels" is the short but hotly mooted issue involved in these appeals. It was once decided by a Bench of two Judges of this court in Chowgule & Co. Pvt. Ltd. Vs. union India & ors., [1987 (2) SCR 351] that such vessels cannot be termed as "ocean-going vessels". Another Bench has now expressed the opinion that the ratio in the above decision requires reconsideration by a larger Bench.…

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