Carriers Act, 1865 - Section 10 - Loss and injury of goods

Car­ri­ers Act, 1865 — Sec­tion 10 — Loss and injury of goods — Car­ri­ers Act, 1865 — Sec­tion 10 — Loss and injury of goods — Non-delivery of goods — Dis­tinc­tion between — Notice of loss or injury — A case of non-delivery will become a case of loss of con­sign­ment, only when the com­mon car­rier informs the party about the loss of con­sign­ment — In the pro­ceed­ings for non-delivery of goods, the require­ment relat­ing to notice within 6 months will not apply — Com­mu­ni­ca­tion by com­mon carrier/appellant that mat­ter is under process to locate the goods — And request to the cus­tomer to bear with it — The last Notice dated 27-10-2000, demand­ing cost of con­sign­ment is not being replied that con­sign­ment is lost — Held, there was no need to issue a notice under Sec­tion 10 and non-issue of notice did not inval­i­date the claim or com­plaint. To get cita­tion of this judg­ment email link of this post to advppc1@gmail.com

Carriers Act, 1865 - Section 10 - Loss and injury of goods