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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Railways Act, 1989 Section 96

Traffic Passing over Railways in India and Railways in Foreign Countries

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Railways Act, 1989 Section 96 is part of Railways Act, 1989 - Traffic Passing over Railways in India and Railways in Foreign Countries. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Where in the course of carriage of any consignment from a place in India to a place outside India or from a place outside India to a place in India or from one place outside India to another place outside India or from one place in India to another place in India over any territory outside India, it is carried over the railways of any railway administration in India, the railway administration shall not be responsible under any of the provisions of this Chapter for the loss, destruction, damage or deterioration of the goods, from whatever cause arising, unless it is proved by the owner of the goods that such loss, destruction, damage or deterioration arose over the railway of the railway administration.

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Section Section 96 of the Railways Act, 1989 (Traffic Passing over Railways in India and Railways in Foreign Countries) is reproduced on this page as part of the Railways Act, 1989. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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