Supreme Court of India
The Chairman, Board of Trustees Cochin Port Trust v. M/s Arebee Star Maritime Agencies Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
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Major Port Trust Act, 1963 – s. 2(o) – Liability of the consignee or steamer agent in respect of ground rent charges to be paid to the port trust – Determination of – Containers unloaded at port trust, but not cleared by the consignees or importers and refused to be de-stuffed by the Port, on the ground of inadequate storage space – Liability to pay ‘ground rent’, if can be imposed on the owners of the vessel/steamer agents beyond the period of 75 days, fixed by the Tariff Authority of Major Ports – Held: In view of the inconsistencies in the decisions in *Rowther-I, **Rowther-II…
Authorities it was built on
- 1962 The Trustees of the Port of Madras by its Chairman v. K. P. V. Sheik Mohamed Rowther & Co. and Others
- 2014 Forbes Forbes Campbell & Co. Ltd. v. Board of Trustees, Port of Bombay
- 1999 The Board of Trustees of the Port of Bombay and Ors v. M/s Sriyanesh Knitters
- 2011 Bharat Rasiklal Ashra v. Gautam Rasiklal Ashra & Anr.
- 2017 M/s. Rasiklal Kantilal & Co. v. Board of Trustee of Port of Bombay & Others
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