1. THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS ACT
Presented By
Suram Mahesh Reddy [168940]
MBA -1st Year, School of Management
National Institute of Technology, Warangal
2. PRIMARY MEANS OF CARRIAGE
1. CARRIAGE BY LAND
2. CARRIAGE BY SEA
3. CARRIAGE BY AIR
3. INDIAN LAW RELATING TO CARRIAGE OF GOODS
1. CARRIAGE BY LAND
a. The Carriers Act 1865.
b. The Indian Railways Act 1890.
2. CARRIAGE BY SEA
a. The Indian Bills of Lading Act 1856. b. The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1925.
b. The Merchant Shipping Act 1958 and d. The Marine Insurance Act 1963.
3. CARRIAGE BY AIR
a. The Carriage by Air Act 1972.
4. CARRIAGE BY LAND - The Carriers Act 1865
CARRIAGE BY LAND - The Carriers Act 1865
CONTRACT OF CARRIAGE
CARRIERS
CLASSIFICATION OF CARRIERS – BY LAND
1. Common or Public Carriers
2. Private Carriers
3. Gratuitous Carriers
EXAMPLES OF COMMON CARRIERS ARE GATI AND IN-TRANSIT
5. COMMON OR PUBLIC CARRIERS
CHARACTERISTICS
1. Individual/Firm/Company
2. Only the carriers of goods
3. Regular Activity
4. No Right to Reject or
Refuse for carrier
5. Common Carrier is
restricted to land and
inland waterways
DUTIES
1. Carry for all
2. Carry goods safely
3. Delivery within Reasonable time
4. Deliver the goods at place
5. Keep the Goods in his Custody
6. RIGHTS AND LIABILITY OF COMMON CARRIER
RIGHTS
1. Minimum Remuneration
2. Right to retain or refuse delivery
3. Right to Reasonable expenses
4. Right to Limit Liability
5. Right to sell Goods under
Inherent Vice conditions
6. Right to recover damages
LIABILITY AND EXPECTIONAL CASES
1. An Act of God
2. Enemies of the state
3. Inherent Vice in the Goods
Carried
4. Defective packing
5. Fault or fraud of the consignor
7. PRIVATE CARRIER
Casual or Occasional Carrier
Right to Accepting or Reject a Carriage Proposal
A Private carrier is governed by INDIAN CONTRACT ACT
Right to Negotiate special terms
8. Common Vs. Private Carriers
COMMON CARRIERS
i. Renders Regular
Service
ii. No Right to Reject
or Refuse for
carrier
iii. Terms of Carriage
are fixed
iv. Governed by the
common carriers
Act -1865
PRIVATE CARRIERS
i. Renders Casual or
Occasional
Service
ii. Right to Reject or
Refuse for carrier
iii. Terms of Carriage
can be Negotiated
iv. Governed by the
Indian Contract
Act
9. GRATUITOUS CARRIERS
• MEANING: When the Carrier Carrying Goods or Passengers without
charging anything, then those Carriers are said to be GRATUITOUS
CARRIERS.
• EXAMPLE: Railways are the best and apt example
• LAW: These are Governed by the Indian Railways Act 1890.
10. CARRIAGE BY AIR
LAW RELATED TO CARRIAGE BY AIR:
The Air Act 1972, this act follows the Indian Carriage by Air Act 1934.
The Air Act 1972 contains two schedules
SCHEDULE I: WARSAW CONVENTION RULES - ICAO
SCHEDULE II: HAGUE PROTOCOL signed on 28th Sep 1955, Domestic Protocol
where 55 countries follows.
11. DOCUMENTS OF CARRIAGE BY AIR
CHAPTER II of Second Schedule to the Carriage by AIR Act 1972.
1. PASSENGER TICKET
2. BAGGAGE CHECK [LUGGAGE TICKET]
3. AIRWAY BILL [AIR CONSIGNMENT NOTE]
12. LIABILITIES OF THE AIR CARRIER ACT 1972
THE AIR CARRIER ACT 1972 lists the following LIABILITIES for the Air Carriers.
1. Damages in respect of Death or Injury caused during the carriage.
2. Minimum Death or Injured damages are 250,000 Francs [Swiss Currency],
According to 2002 ICAO
3. Compensation for NON-SCHEDULED goods are 250 Francs per kilogram
4. Deadline for Grievances Redressal
13. Deadline for Grievances Redressal
DAMAGE TO LUGGAGE – Within 7 days of Receipt
DAMAGE OF CARGO – Within 14 days of Receipt
DELAY IN DELIVERY – Within 21 days of the Date of Actual Delivery
14. PRACTICAL LEGAL APPLICATIONS
THE CARRIERS ACT -1865
Consumer complaint No.83
Chandigarh Consumer court
Case – 1114/12-03-2010
Gati Ltd., vs Mrs. Harinder Bhullar, on 14 May, 2014
THE AIR CARRIER ACT – 1972
MH- 370 Compensation
Supreme Court of India
Case No. 2372/05-05-2016
Preetham Vs Malayasian Airlines
15. OVERVIEW
1. THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS ACT – BY LAND
The Carriers Act – 1856
Classification of Carriers
Duties and Responsibilities
Rights and Liabilities
2.THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS ACT – BY AIR
The Air Carrier Act – 1972
Documents and Liabilities for the Carriage by Air
Grievance Redressal Policy
3. PRACTICAL LEGAL APPLICATIONS OF THESE ACTs
16. REFERENCES BOOKS AND LINKS
BOOKS:
LEGAL ASPECTS OF BUSINESS by R.S.N PILLAI & BAGAVATHI
ISBN 81-219-3551-2
LINKS:
https://indiankanoon.org/doc/175668357/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/18/compensation-battle-stalls-for-
families-of-mh370-victims
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370
A Very Good Afternoon to one and all, Myself SURAM MAHESH REDDY is Here to give a Presentation on the topic called “THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS ACT”.
Before Going to the presentation, Lets us Understand Why we are Learning this topic ?
As we all knows that In the General and Commercial Business Activities, Transportation plays a Vital Role, plays a major Role in Revenue Generation
and also helps for the Economic Development of the county, Hence it is very important to
Know the Legal Rules and Regulations or ACTS pertaining to THE CARRIAGE of GOODS.
-> Generally the carriage or carrying activities are differ from one another, as we all knows that the means of Carriage is through LSA, Therefore Rules or ACTS for each
Element are framed separately. Let us see ACTS related to every mean sof carriage
The Primary Means of Carriage are
Carriage by LAND – this includes carriage of goods by land including INLAND NAVIGATION
SEA - means carriage of goods by sea and Oceanic waterways
AIR - Carriage of FRIEGHT as well as PASSENGERS thorugh AIR
The Law relating to Carriage of Goods by Land is contained in
THE CARRIERS ACT 1865
THE INDIAN RAILWAYS ACT 1890.
CONTARCT OF CARRIAGE: “A contract under which one person agrees to carry goods or passengers from one place to another for a fixed remuneration”
CARRIER: “The person(s) who agree to carry the goods or passengers are called CARRIERS”