https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46622 Container owners could not seek release of containers in a suit instituted by the importer, because their request was made without an independent cause of action in that proceeding and their rights, if any, lay in separate proceedings. Confiscation of the goods under the Customs Act also meant that the confiscated goods vested in the Central Government, and that statutory consequence could not be displaced by an earlier interim arrangement or detention-based consideration. In the absence of privity of contract between the customs authorities, cargo handler and container owners for such relief, the order directing release of the containers was treated as unsustainable. en-us Fri, 20 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:06:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46622 Container owners could not seek release of containers in a suit instituted by the importer, because their request was made without an independent cause of action in that proceeding and their rights, if any, lay in separate proceedings. Confiscation of the goods under the Customs Act also meant that the confiscated goods vested in the Central Government, and that statutory consequence could not be displaced by an earlier interim arrangement or detention-based consideration. In the absence of privity of contract between the customs authorities, cargo handler and container owners for such relief, the order directing release of the containers was treated as unsustainable. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 20 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46622