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bailment

of possession but not ownership of personal property (as goods) for a limited time or specified purpose (as transportation) such that the individual or business entity taking possession is liable to some extent for loss or damage

Consignee

Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2 (8)] (ii) means the person named as consignee in the multimodal transport contract. [Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 (28 of 1993), s. 2 (c)] means at least the person

Employed

Employed, The word 'employed' in the definition of Motor Transport worker is not used in the sense of using the services of a person but rather in the

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Establishment

Establishment' therefore means the whole trading, business or manufacturing apparatus with a separate identifiable existence, Central Inland Water Transport Corp. Ltd. v. Their Workman, AIR 1957 SC 1639 (1644): (1975) 4 SCC 348. Establishment, envisages activities being

Container

which contains: in a narrower sense, it means a receptacle in which articles are covered or enclosed and transported; and in a more limited sense, it means enclosures used in shipping or railway for transport of goods,

Endorsee

and in the case of successive endorsements, the person in whose favour the last endorsement is made. [Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 (28 of 1993), s. 2 (g); Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2

Endorsement

It means the signing by the consignee or the endorsee after adding a direction on a negotiable multimodal transport document to pass the property in the goods mentioned in such document to a specified person. [Multimodal Transportation

Duly notified stands

it is reasonable to presume that a duly notified stand must be one which is notified by the Transport Authority and by none other, T.B. Ibrahim v. Regional Transport Authority Tanjore, AIR 1953 SC 79: (1953) SCR

Delivery

Act, 1961 (53 of 1961), s. 3 (c)] It means-- (i) in the case of a negotiable multimodal transport document, delivering of the consignment to, or placing the consignment at the disposal of, the consignee or any

Contract carriage, Stage carriage

those who want to hire the vehicle collectively or individually for a group or a party for their transport to a destination/destinations. The vehicle has to be hired as a whole for the carriage of passengers mentioned

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