The Railways Act

General responsibility of a railway administration as carrier of goods

Goods to be loaded or delivered at a siding not belonging to a railway administration

Delay or detention in transit

Traffic passing over railways in India and railways in foreign countries

Goods carried at owner’s risk rate

Goods in defective condition or defectively packed

Responsibility of a railway administration after termination of transit

Responsibility as carrier of luggage

Responsibility as a carrier of animals

Exoneration from liability in certain cases

Extent of monetary liability in respect of any consignment

Extent of liability in respect of goods carried in open wagon

Right of railway administration to check contents of certain consignment or luggage

Notice of claim for compensation and refund of overcharge

Applications for compensation for loss, etc., of goods

Person entitled to claim compensation

Railway administration against which application for compensation for personal injury is to         be filed

Burden of proof

Extent of liability of railway administration in respect of accidents at sea

Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter


RESPONSIBILITIES OF RAILWAY ADMINISTRATIONS AS CARRIERS


A railway administration shall not be responsible for the loss,
destruction, damage or deterioration of any consignment proved by the owner to have been caused by the
delay or detention in their carriage if the railway administration proves that the delay or detention arose
for reasons beyond its control or without negligence or misconduct on its part or on the part of any of its
servants.

LAWGIST

# 95 Delay or detention in transit