Allahabad Court July 1964 Judgments

Union of India (Uoi) Vs. Shri Ram Richpal

Court: Allahabad

Reported in: AIR1965All246

S.S. Dhavan, J. 1. These are three appeals by the Union of India as the owner of the Northern Railway from the decree of the IInd Civil Judge of Meerut allowing in part the appeal of a consignor of goods from the decree of the Munsif of Ghaziabad dismissing his three suits for the recovery or damages, and awarding damages in all three suits. The suits were disposed of by a common judgment by both the courts below and are being similarly decided by a single judgment by me. The facts are these. The plaintiff-respondent Ram Richpal is the sole proprietor of a firm, Messrs Umarao Singh Ram Richpal. He booked three consignments of handloom cloth to the Northern Railway at Pilakhwa station to be delivered to an addressee at Raukshal station on the Northern Railway. The goods arrived in due course at Raukshal but no one turned up to take delivery of them. The three consignments had been despatched from Pilakhwa station on 8-2-52, 2-2-52 and 2-2-52 respectively. On being informed that no one h...