Cargo - Indian Laws - General

Word cargo As per various dictionaries, Cargo means as follows : i. Freight or loading of a ship, shipload - Shorter Oxford English Dictionary . ii. The load or freight of a ship, air plane or vehicle, load - New Webster s Dictionary . iii. Cargo or a ship or plane, the goods that it is carrying - Collins English Dictionary . iv. Goods carried by a ship or aeroplane, any load to be carried - Chambers English Dictionary . v. The goods transported by a vessel, air plane or vehicle; freight - Black s Law Dictionary . vi. Ships Load - Webster s New Dictionary Thesaurus. vii. Cargo is the goods or merchandise conveyed in a ship, aeroplane or vehicle - Mitra s Legal Commercial Dictionary Edition. As per the aforesaid dictionary meanings, goods become Cargo only after loading into the Railway Wagon/truck/tippers and not before. As per the dictionary meanings, the use of the expression load , ship s load , carried , Carrying , transported clearly shows that it is in past tense or present perfect tense which dearly indicates that goods becomes Cargo only after it is loaded or transported. Before that it remains Goods . COAL CARRIERS VERSUS COMMR. OF C. EX., CUS. ST., BHUBANESWAR - 2011 (2) TMI 1140 - ORISSA HIGH COURT Word cargo means- As per Black Law Dictionary, Goods transported by a vessel, airplane, or vehicle; According to Oxford Dictionary of English, goods carried on a ship, aircraft, or motorvehicle As per Webster s Comprehensive Dictionary, Goods and merchandise taken on board a vessel . SIGNODE INDIA LIMITED VERSUS COMMR. OF CEN. EXCISE CUSTOMS-II - 2017 (3) TMI 934 - SUPREME COURT