Dalmia Cement Company v Pakistan

• Jurisdiction: Pakistán
• Court: High Court of Sindh (Pakistan)
• Date: 24 August 1959

Pakistan, Karachi Bench.

(Constantine J.)

Dalmia Cement Co. Ltd.

and

Federation of Pakistan.

Composite and dependent States and Territories British Commonwealth of Nations India Indian Native States Extent to Which Foreign States in relation to the British Crown The law of Pakistan.

Jurisdiction Territorial limits of Legislation with extraterritorial effect The law of Pakistan.

The facts.The applicants sued the Federation of Pakistan in the Small Causes Court for non-delivery of goods delivered to the N.W. Railway for transmission to a destination in India. The N.W. Railway had transferred the goods to wagons on the Jodhpur Railway at Mirpurkhas, and the wagons had been despatched across the border. This finding was not challenged and therefore the loss of the goods occurred not in Pakistan but in India. For the Federation of Pakistan it was argued that the Railways Act, 1890, under which it was...