https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199655 A common carrier publicly undertakes to carry goods for hire for all persons indiscriminately, and a public carrier under the Motor Vehicles Act fits that description. The carrier's lorry service was therefore treated as a common carrier, supported by the statutory permit scheme, public need, and scope for public objection. An act of God is limited to extraordinary loss directly caused by natural forces without human intervention. Robbery or destruction by an unruly mob is human agency, not an act of God, so the loss did not fall within the recognised exception and the carrier remained liable. The stated principle is that a common carrier's liability is absolute subject only to recognised exceptions. en-us Thu, 10 Dec 1970 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 18:44:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199655 A common carrier publicly undertakes to carry goods for hire for all persons indiscriminately, and a public carrier under the Motor Vehicles Act fits that description. The carrier's lorry service was therefore treated as a common carrier, supported by the statutory permit scheme, public need, and scope for public objection. An act of God is limited to extraordinary loss directly caused by natural forces without human intervention. Robbery or destruction by an unruly mob is human agency, not an act of God, so the loss did not fall within the recognised exception and the carrier remained liable. The stated principle is that a common carrier's liability is absolute subject only to recognised exceptions. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 10 Dec 1970 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199655