https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46110 Statutory lien under the Major Port Trusts Act allowed the Port Trust to insist on payment of port charges and demurrage before releasing goods, and the analogy to a bailee's lien under the Contract Act was rejected. On the facts, however, demurrage could not continue indefinitely once it became clear that the appellant was not paying and the goods were blocking storage space; recovery was limited to 10 January 1992. The separate issue of customs reimbursement was left undecided as it fell outside the appeal. The respondent retained its statutory remedies if the goods were not cleared. en-us Fri, 22 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:25:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46110 Statutory lien under the Major Port Trusts Act allowed the Port Trust to insist on payment of port charges and demurrage before releasing goods, and the analogy to a bailee's lien under the Contract Act was rejected. On the facts, however, demurrage could not continue indefinitely once it became clear that the appellant was not paying and the goods were blocking storage space; recovery was limited to 10 January 1992. The separate issue of customs reimbursement was left undecided as it fell outside the appeal. The respondent retained its statutory remedies if the goods were not cleared. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 22 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46110