Preface
Although the focal points of Maritime Practice in India are admiralty laws, this SEVENTH edition book contains the entire gamut of admiralty edicts including ship arrest and substantive maritime law prevalent in India. This book is about a subject that has been lurking in the scourges of darkness of Indian maritime history for many decades. It provides an in-depth insight into Indian Admiralty law, thus placing maritime practice at the threshold of the legal fraternity.
This book is a compact, integrated guide to admiralty law in India. The primary purpose of this book is to better enlighten shipping and industry related professionals to take prompt and decisive decisions. We seek to clarify what the law requires, allow and prohibit, not to comment on how well it does so or whether what it should. We hope that this publication will contribute towards the realistic assessment and debate of the surrounding issues.
The book does not indulge exhaustively in any topic neither does it predicts any outcome of any particular case nor can it be considered as a substitute for competent legal counsel. Although we believe that the entire text is accurate at the time of publication, if it does not already fall short of this standard, it surely will with the passage of time.
This book is the first of its kind on admiralty laws published in India. Utility of the book with respect to a second central aim, to advance general understanding about the regulation of admiralty laws in India, is less apt to erode.
Shrikant Hathi
Binita Hathi
Mumbai, India, April 4 , 2012
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