Title : Unclaimed Consignment
State : Central
Year : 1989
(1) If any person fails to take delivery of-- (a) any consignment; or (b) the consignment released from detention made under sub-section (1) of section 83; or (c) any remaining part of the consignment under sub-section (2) of section 83, such consignment shall be treated as unclaimed. (2) The railway administration may,-- (a) in the case of an unclaimed consignment which is perishable in nature, sell such consignment in the manner provided in clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 83; or (b) in the case of an unclaimed consignment which is not perishable in nature, cause a notice to be served upon the consignee if his name and address are known, and upon the consignor if the name and address of the consignee are not known, requiring him to remove the goods within a..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Disposal of Perishable Consignments in Certain Circumstances
State : Central
Year : 1989
(1) Where by reason of any flood, land-slip, breach of any lines of rails, collision between trains, derailment of, or other accident to a train or any other cause, traffic on any route is interrupted and there is no likelihood of early resumption of such traffic, nor is there any other reasonable route whereby traffic of perishable consignment may be diverted to prevent, loss or deterioration of, or damage to, such consignment, the railway administration may sell them in the manner provided in clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 83. (2) The railway administration shall, out of the sale proceeds received under sub-section (1), retain a sum equal to the freight and other charges including expenses for the sale due to it and the surplus, if any, of such sale proceeds, shall be..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Delay or Detention in Transit
State : Central
Year : 1989
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. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Responsibility of a Railway Administration After Termination of Transit
State : Central
Year : 1989
(1) A railway administration shall be responsible as a bailee under sections 151, 152 and 161 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of any consignment up to a period of seven days after the termination of transit: Provided that where the consignment is at owner's risk rate, the railway administration shall not be responsible as a bailee of such loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery except on proof of negligence or misconduct on the part of the railway administration or of any of its servants. (2) The railway administration shall not be responsible in any case for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of any consignment arising after the expiry of a period of seven days..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Responsibility as Carrier of Luggage
State : Central
Year : 1989
A railway administration shall not be responsible for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of any luggage unless a railway servant has booked the luggage and given a receipt therefor and in the case of luggage which is carried by the passenger in his charge, unless it is also proved that the loss, destruction, damage or deterioration was due to the negligence or misconduct on its part or on the part of any of its servants. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Responsibility as a Carrier of Animals
State : Central
Year : 1989
A railway administration shall not be responsible for any loss or destruction of, or injuries to, any animal carried by railway arising from freight or restiveness of the animal or from overloading of wagons by the consignor. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Exoneration from Liability in Certain Cases
State : Central
Year : 1989
Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, a railway administration shall not be responsible for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non delivery of any consignment,-- (a) when such loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery is due to the fact that a materially false description of the consignment is given in the statement delivered under sub-section (1) of section 66; or (b) where a fraud has been practised by the consignor or the consignee or the endorsee or by an agent of the consignor, consignee or the endorsee; or (c) where it is proved by the railway administration to have been caused by, or to have arisen from-- (i) improper loading or unloading by the consignor or the consignee or the endorsee or by an agent..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Make Rules in Respect of Matters in This Chapter
State : Central
Year : 1989
(1) The Central Government may, by notification, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Chapter. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-- (a) the manner of packing of goods entrusted to a railway administration under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 98; (b) the goods for the purposes of sub-section (3) of section 99; and (c) the maximum amount payable by the railway administration for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of any consignment under sub-section (1) of section 103. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Inquiry into Accident Not Covered by Section 113
State : Central
Year : 1989
Where any accident of the nature not specified in section 113 occurs in the course of working a railway, the railway administration within whose jurisdiction the accident occurs, may cause such inquiry to be made into the causes of the accident, as may be prescribed. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Returns
State : Central
Year : 1989
Every railway administration shall send to the Central Government, a return of accidents occurring on its railway, whether attended with injury to any person or not, in such form and manner and at such intervals as may be prescribed. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section