Railways Act, 1989
96. Traffic passing over railways in India and railways in
foreign countries.
Where in the course of carriage of any consignment from a place
in India to a place outside India or from a place outside India to a place in
India or from one place outside India to another place outside India or from
one place in India to another place in India over any territory outside India,
it is carried over the railways of any railway administration in India, the
railway administration shall not be responsible under any of the provisions of
this Chapter for the loss, destruction, damage or deterioration of the goods,
from whatever cause arising, unless it is proved by the owner of the goods that
such loss, destruction, damage or deterioration arose over the railway of the
railway administration.