6. According to the plaintiffs, in the course of
inspection, on of the aforesaid goods so shipped by
defendant no.1, the Mumbai customs authorities insisted
upon breaking open the container in which defendant no.1
had shipped the goods on the vessel MCS "Brianna V.101 R"
for the purpose of custom check and appraisal suspecting
and doubting the bona fides of the said consignment and
its contents and it is during the said inspection, check
and observation that the plaintiffs found that the goods
which defendant no.1 had shipped for the plaintiffs were
not the contracted goods but the same were rough papers
which could not be used for printing purposes at all and
the same were not even properly and securely packed nor
were wrapped in Kraft Papers as represented in the Bill of
Lading issued by defendant no.4. It is further submitted
that the goods came to be detained by the Customs
authorities did not tally with the goods mentioned in any
of the shipping documents but, in fact, were totally of
different quality and description and, therefore, the
plaintiffs were required to get the goods surveyed for
ascertainment of their quality by defendant no.3, viz.,
M/s.Global Insurance Services Pvt. Ltd. The report of
the surveyor is annexed along with the plaint as exh.‘F’.
Therefore, it is the case of the plaintiffs that defendant
no.1 has despatched goods which were not of the
