1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION SUIT NO.810 OF 1985 The Board of Trustees of the Port of Bombay ....Plaintiff V/s. M/s.Kay Jay Exports ....Defendant Mr.U.J. Makhija i/b Mulla & Mulla & C. B. & Co. for the Plaintiff. None for the Defendants. CORAM : S.J. VAZIFDAR, J. DATE : 10TH NOVEMBER, 2009. P.C. :- 1. The suit is filed to recover a sum of Rs.50,700/- with interest at 15% p.a. on Rs.49,843=20 ps. The Defendant was the importer of the consignment and was bound to clear the same within the stipulated period. The Defendant did not do so in view of the order of the Collector of Customs confiscating the same. The claim in suit is on account of the demurrage for the period from the last free date to the date prior to confiscation. 2. The Plaintiff has examined one Sunil M. Deshmukh, Assistant Manager and has filed an affidavit in lieu of the examination in chief. A compilation of the documents was also tendered and taken on record. The Defendants are absent. 3. There is no defence to the suit. There is nothing on record that 2 militates against the Plaintiff’s claim in suit. 4. In the circumstances, the suit is decreed as prayed. Refund as per rules.