2004 (1) TMI 490

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.... B. Chandra, JDR, for the Respondent. [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 accou....

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.... It may be clarified that M/s. Modest 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 appe....