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Definition :

Storage, is of large amplitude covering all kinds of storages maintained under different conditions for different purposes, Central Hindustan Orange and Cold Storage Co. Ltd. v. Prafulla Chandra Ramchandra Oza, AIR 1967 Bom 126: 1967 Bom LR 689: (1967) 1 LLJ 153: 1966 Mah LJ 1161.

Storage, storage 'storing' has an element of con-tinuity as the purpose is to keep the commodity is store and retrieve it at some future date, even within a few days. If goods are kept or stocked in a warehouse, it can be immediately described as an act of 'storage'. A vehicle can also be used as a store house. But, whether in a particular case, a vehicle was used as a 'store' or whether a person had stored his merchandise in a vehicle would be a matter of fact in each case. Carrying goods in a vehicle cannot per se be 'storing' although it may be quite possible that a vehicle is used as a store, Bijoya Kumar Agaruala v. State of Orissa, AIR 1996 SC 2531 (2533): (1996) 5 SCC 1.

The term 'storage' means storage of article for sale and not for any other purpose, AIR 1987 Punj 132(136).