https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=31874 Imported goods covered by a bill of lading were treated as giving rise to demurrage liability on the consignee as the person entitled to the goods and the "owner" for port law purposes. Reading the Major Port Trusts Act with the Bills of Lading Act, 1856, the analysis states that the contractual relationship for recovery of port charges lay between the Port Trust and the consignee. Because the steamer agent had no role in clearing the goods from the port premises, liability for demurrage could not be fastened on that agent. The consignee alone bore the obligation to pay the charges. en-us Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=31874 Imported goods covered by a bill of lading were treated as giving rise to demurrage liability on the consignee as the person entitled to the goods and the "owner" for port law purposes. Reading the Major Port Trusts Act with the Bills of Lading Act, 1856, the analysis states that the contractual relationship for recovery of port charges lay between the Port Trust and the consignee. Because the steamer agent had no role in clearing the goods from the port premises, liability for demurrage could not be fastened on that agent. The consignee alone bore the obligation to pay the charges. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=31874