The Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987
17. Limitation
1. The
Claims Tribunal shall not admit an application for any claim-
a.
Under
sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 13 unless the
application is made within three years from the date on which the goods in
question were entrusted to the railway administration for carriage by railway;
b.
Under
sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) of sub-section (1) [or, as the case may be,
subsection (IA)] of section 13 unless the application is made within one year
of occurrence of the accident;
c.
Under
clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 13 unless the application is made
within three years from the date on which the fare or freight is paid to the
railway administration:
Provided that no application for any claim
referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 13
shall be preferred to the Claims Tribunal until the expiration of three months
next after the date on which the intimation of the claim has been preferred
under section 78B of the Railways Act.
1.
2. Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub-section (1), an application may be entertained after
the period specified in sub-section (1) if the applicant satisfies the Claims
Tribunal that he had sufficient cause for not making the application within
such period.