'Province of Madras v. Jagannadha Raju', ILR (1945) Mad 420. (4) A river in India is not navigable in the legal sense unless it is navigable throughout the year, though it need not be navigable for a portion of the day, as at low tide. (5) Facilities for passage of large river crafts, which may not be capable of rising to the dignity of ships, seem to be generally considered sufficient to call a river affording such facilities a navigable river.