The Railways Act, 1989 108Chapter XI · Responsibilities of Railway Administrations as Carriers
Section 108 · Person entitled to claim compensation
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(1) If a railway administration pays compensation for
the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of goods entrusted to it for carriage, to the
consignee or the endorsee producing the railway receipt, the railway administration shall be deemed to
have discharged its liability and no application before the Claims Tribunal or any other legal proceeding
shall lie against the railway administration on the ground that the consignee or the endorsee was not
legally entitled to receive such compensation.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall affect the right of any person having any interest in the goods to enforce the same against the consignee or the endorsee receiving compensation under that sub-section.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall affect the right of any person having any interest in the goods to enforce the same against the consignee or the endorsee receiving compensation under that sub-section.
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