https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199867 A consignor who knowingly secures carriage in open trucks and causes risk note C to be signed on his behalf is bound by that limiting agreement, and is estopped from later denying execution after obtaining the concession. The Court held that risk notes were not invalid because the approved-form nomenclature had changed, as earlier forms continued in force under the General Clauses Act, and "open wagons" and "open trucks" were treated as interchangeable in railway practice. Once valid risk notes were executed, the Railway Administration was exempt from ordinary liability, and no gross negligence or wilful misconduct was proved to revive liability. en-us Sat, 09 Jul 1960 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:17:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199867 A consignor who knowingly secures carriage in open trucks and causes risk note C to be signed on his behalf is bound by that limiting agreement, and is estopped from later denying execution after obtaining the concession. The Court held that risk notes were not invalid because the approved-form nomenclature had changed, as earlier forms continued in force under the General Clauses Act, and "open wagons" and "open trucks" were treated as interchangeable in railway practice. Once valid risk notes were executed, the Railway Administration was exempt from ordinary liability, and no gross negligence or wilful misconduct was proved to revive liability. Case-Laws Indian Laws Sat, 09 Jul 1960 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199867