https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174111 The court allowed the appeals in part, upholding the amendments to the Goa, Daman, and Diu Port Rules, 1983. It determined that the port authorities could demand charges for the use of government riverine land, even before the amendments, as within their broad supervision and control scope. However, retrospective application of rental charges was limited to the period after the amendments came into effect on 3.3.1994. Charges collected before this date within three years of the writ petition were deemed invalid and refundable, with amounts paid beyond that period considered non-recoverable due to delay and laches. en-us Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:27:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174111 The court allowed the appeals in part, upholding the amendments to the Goa, Daman, and Diu Port Rules, 1983. It determined that the port authorities could demand charges for the use of government riverine land, even before the amendments, as within their broad supervision and control scope. However, retrospective application of rental charges was limited to the period after the amendments came into effect on 3.3.1994. Charges collected before this date within three years of the writ petition were deemed invalid and refundable, with amounts paid beyond that period considered non-recoverable due to delay and laches. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174111