High Court Rules No Mandamus for Contract Dispute Over Unclaimed Goods Under Customs Act, Section 48.

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....Warehoused goods - goods were not cleared within the time limit stipulated in Section 48 of the Customs Act, 1962 - The customs authority at no point of time detained the goods. Therefore, this is purely a contractual issue between the petitioner on the one hand and the private respondents on the other. In such a case, it would not be open to the Writ Court to issue any Mandamus compelling the private respondents herein to permit clearance of the goods - Petition dismissed - HC....