Court Rules Section 148 of Customs Act Irrelevant in Contractual Dispute Over Local Charges and Container Value Recovery.

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....Recovery of money towards local and detention charges and value of the containers - The present suit for recovery of money has nothing to do with any of the statutory duty or liability of an agent under Section 148 of Customs Act. The suit is for recovery of charges based on the contract of the carriage between the plaintiff's principal and the importers and violation thereof. Therefore, the arguments advanced by the learned counsel for the plaintiff by relying on Section 148 of Customs act is also of no use. - HC....