Judgment

P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, J.:- This is an appeal by certificate under Article 133 (1) (b) of the Constitution against the judgment of the Calcutta High Court which dismissed an appeal from an order of the single Judge of that Court discharging a rule granted by it to the appellants calling on the respondents - the Collector of Customs and others - to show cause why certain orders passed under various sections of the Sea Customs Act and the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act should not be quashed and why a written complaint made by the respondents under the Foreign Exchange Regulations Act and the Case pending in the Court of the Presidency Magistrate, Calcutta, should not be stayed.

2. The appellant is a registered partnership firm carrying on business of importers, exporters, commission agents, brokers and general merchants. It consists of two partners, Girdhari Lal Gupta and Pooran mal Jain On the 25th October 1958, the Cashier of the appellant - Bhagwandeo Tiwari handed over a consignment of wooden case to the Swiss Airways at Dum Dum Airport for being sent by air freight to Hongkong. According to the consignment note, the consignment was being sent by one Ramghawan Singh of Karn