Akosha.com — Star shipping services (i) pvt ltd

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Mumbai City, Maharashtra, 400014

Sir,
1. I the undersigned inhabitant Indian resident having own business proprietor firm M/s Shakti Enterprises having its office address 8/423 Kohinoor Mill Compound, Dadar East, Mumbai – 400014 Importer of goods from aboard, I had imported goods as below.
Sr. No Description Qnty/unit
1. Document 1275 kgs
2. 2.5mm double pp folders 7200 kgs
3. Folder clips 6540 kgs
4. Card Folders 41 kgs
5. Card Folders 64 gs
6. Chatons 5906 kgs

from NINGBO(ZJ) i.e China to Nhava Sheva, Vessled by Z. Hamburg arrived on 23/11/2015 vide shipping bill No. i.e Bill of Lading GOSUNGB1007148, Import Invoice No.BOM106399 and IGM No. 2124666.

2. I say that you are the shipping agent having at address Star Shipping Services (I) Pvt Ltd, 3rd floor, Raheja Centre Point, C.S.T Road, Kalina Santacruz East, , Mumbai 400098. That Star Shipping Services (I) Pvt Ltd, are a Company incorporated under the Companies act, of which, Ankur Sushil Kumar Manglik, Dann Hoffmann, Indrajit Das Gupta, and Sami Jubran are the Directors and are responsible for all its acts and at all material times, all Directors were and are in charge of and responsible for the conduct of the business and affairs and the day-to-day management Star Shipping Services (I) Pvt Ltd.

3. I say that the Ocean Gate Container Terminals Pvt. Ltd having its registered address at Plot No. 75-1/A/B, 75-/A/D/K, 77-3A, 86-2, Palaspe, Panvel Goa Highway, Panvel, Taluka, District, Raigad and facilitating various cargo services in JNPT Nahva Seva having its Directors namely Iqbal Qazi, Atit Mahajan, K.Srirammurthy, Ziauddin Shaikh, Shreinik Shah are the Directors and are responsible for all its acts and at all material times, all Directors were and are in charge of and responsible for the conduct of the business and affairs and the day-to-day management of Ocean Gate Container Terminals Pvt. Ltd.

4. I say that Star Shipping Services (I) Pvt Ltd is the shipping agent and provided the services to M/s Shakti Enterprises to import the goods from NINGBO(ZJ) to Bombay Nhava Sheva port by container no. 1410713, container type DV20, IGM No. 2124666 that said goods were detained by Customs Authority dated 30/11/2015 and as per Detention Consolidated Invoice Memo dated 15/09/2016 given by Star Shipping Services (I) Pvt Ltd, that the goods were detained from 23/11/2015 till 16/09/2016 total 299 days out of which 14 days were excluded and total due days were 285, the total amount charge was Rs 9, 25, 720/- and other tax amounting to Rs.1, 38, 859, /- totaling to amount Rs 10, 64, 479, /-( Rupees Ten Lacs, Sixty Four Thousand, Four Hundred and Seventy Nine ).

5. I say that you Ocean Gate Container Terminals Pvt. Ltd had provided logistic service for the goods that I have imported from NINGBO(Z J ) to Bombay Nhava Sheva port and Ocean Gate Container Terminals Pvt. Ltd had charged Rs. 6, 30, 079/- and had been paid through Demand Draft No. 019909 dated 09/09/2016 of IDBI Bank of amount Rs 5, 08, 758/-( Rupees five Lakh, Eight Thousand, Seven hundred and Fifty Eight rupees), Demand Draft No. 019954 dated16/09/2016 IDBI Bank 1, 00, 000/- (Rupess One Lakh ) and Cash amount Rs 21321/-(Rupess Twenty One Thousand Three Hundred Twenty One) is copy of the invoice attached “ ________” Colly.

6. I say that the goods were adjucated upon and the goods were released by the Customs Authorities on payment duty, hereto annexed copy of challan “___” Colly. That the Customs Authority had issued an NOC regarding the goods of M/s Shakti Enterprises which were detained be released and the same was inform to Ocean Gate Container Terminals Pvt. Ltd copy of the NOC dated 04/08/2016 is attached.

7. I say that you Star Shipping Services (I) Pvt Ltd were well aware of the said fact, that the goods which were detained by Customs Authorities and there was no willful default or delay which can be attributed from me i.e M/s Shakti Enterprises for the goods were detained by Customs.

8. I say that the notice was issued vide F.No SG/MISC/140/20/ SIIB/ Import, that the goods declared in the B/E 3385614 dated 24/11/2015 imported vide IGM No. 2124666 by M/s Shakti Enterprises was detained by SIIB Customs JNPT Nhava Sheva from period from 23/11/2015 to 16/08/2016.

9. I say that the Customs had issued notification once the goods are detained by the Customs are controlled by the Customs Authority, vide Public Notice No. 26/2010 dated 02/03/2016 say no demurrage can be charged in spite of the same Star Shipping Services (I) Pvt Ltd and Ocean Gate Container Terminals Pvt. Ltd have charged me i.e M/s Shakti Enterprises for total amount Rs 16, 94, 658/-(Sixteen Lakh, Ninty Four Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty Eight) the Copies of the Demand Draft and cash receipt are attached “ ”Colly.

10. That in order to release the Imported Goods, I have has paid the total amount under protest, now I realizes that the amount charge by the Star Shipping Services (I) Pvt Ltd and Ocean Gate Container Terminals Pvt. Ltd is not bonafide.

11. That Star Shipping Services (I) Pvt Ltd and Ocean Gate Container Terminals Pvt. Ltd in hand in gloves have induce me to pay the unnecessary charges and have committed an offence of cheating, extortion and offences related under Customs Act.

12. That the entire amount Rs. 16, 94, 658/-(Sixteen Lakh, Ninety Four Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty Eight) is exorbitant and against the shipping and marine Act.