Scindia Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. v. Union of India

Abstract

Treaties — Forms of treaties — Press communique issued by Government of India — Whether constituting an agreement between States — Whether evidence of an agreement — Effects in municipal law — The law of India

States as international persons — State succession — Succession with regard to contractual obligations — Carriage of goods in the territory of British India — Formation of two new States, India and Pakistan, from the territory — Part where goods carried becoming part of Pakistan — Liability to pay charges for the carriage — Whether claim for charges maintainable against India — Indian Independence (Rights, Property and Liabilities) Order 1947 — The law of India