2004 (1) TMI 490

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....espondent. [Order]. M/s. Modest Shipping (Agencies) Pvt. Ltd. are the agents of the vessel M.T. Sigiri and in that capacity they filed an IGM No. 1992, dated 8-7-98 at the port of Mumbai with 'Nil' Cargo declaration. The said vessel was engaged in towing a vessel by name Meng Kiat to Alang Port. However Sigiri developed engine trouble off Mumbai Port on account of bad weather and lack of bunke....

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.... Shipping Agency represented the seized vessel 'Meng Kiat'. The reasons for such imposition are that Meng Kiat landed at a place which was not declared as a landing place and the agents of Sigiri filed a Nil manifest despite the fact that they towed Meng Kiat into the territorial waters of India. 3. Heard both sides. 4. The learned Advocate appearing for both the appellants argued that....