https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=45950 Under Sections 61 and 62 of the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, and the Tariff Authority for Major Ports clarification, storage charges for abandoned or auctioned containers must be recovered only for the period for which retention is justified on the facts. The port authority is required to act diligently and within a reasonable time, and cannot levy charges beyond the dates when the cargo was abandoned or the containers were handed over for auction. On the admitted facts, charges were confined to the specified periods, bills were to be raised for the quantified amount without interest, and the containers were to be released after payment. en-us Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:27:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=45950 Under Sections 61 and 62 of the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, and the Tariff Authority for Major Ports clarification, storage charges for abandoned or auctioned containers must be recovered only for the period for which retention is justified on the facts. The port authority is required to act diligently and within a reasonable time, and cannot levy charges beyond the dates when the cargo was abandoned or the containers were handed over for auction. On the admitted facts, charges were confined to the specified periods, bills were to be raised for the quantified amount without interest, and the containers were to be released after payment. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=45950