LAWS(MAD)-2021-9-37

GENSHIPPING PACIFIC LINE PTE LTD Vs. THANGAM TRADERS

Decided On September 07, 2021
Genshipping Pacific Line Pte Ltd Appellant
V/S
Thangam Traders Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) These second appeals raise an important question of law as to whether sec. 14 of Limitation Act applies to special enactments like Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925 or any other special law relating to carriage of goods by sea.

(2.) The Appellant in all the three second appeals is the first defendant in the suits O.S.Nos.5189, 5188 and 5170 of 2000 on the file of the learned II Assistant Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai. The first and second respondents are the plaintiffs and the third respondent is the second defendant in the respective suits and is a formal party.

(3.) For the sake of convenience, the parties are described as per their litigative status in the respective suits.