Maritime Law Assignment Topics 2021-22

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i) Explaining Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction of the

coastal state, also discuss Right of the Coastal
State in the EEZ, Rights and Duties of the States
in EEZ, Rights of the Landlocked and
geographically disadvantaged States in the EEZ.

ii) Evaluate in detail the case of Pride Foramer v

Union of India (AIR 2001 Bom 322) in which the
petitioner, a French company engaged by ONGC
for exploration and exploitation of offshore was
asked by Indian custom authorities to pay duties
for parts imported.

iii) Discuss what is Charterparty. Explain Bill of

Lading as having evidentiary value as receipt.

iv) Discuss in detail the Juridical Nature of the

territorial Sea and the Right of Innocent Passage.
v) Evaluate the decision on Maritime Delimitation
Qatar v. Bahrain, 2001 ICJ Rep 40 & principle
evolved by the court for Maritime Delimitation ,
whether relating to the territorial Sea, the
Continental Shelf, the EEZ or a single maritime
boundary.

vi) Elaborate in detail the Acquisition of Ships and

the Legal effects that follows the Registration of
Ships.

Explain the evolution of Hauge Visby, Hamburg

and UN Convention on the Carriage of Goods by
Sea 1978.