https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289139 Under S. 77 of the Indian Railways Act, "loss" was construed in its plain and natural sense to include non-delivery, misdelivery, conversion and shortage in transit, not merely total disappearance of goods. The provision required a claim for compensation to be preferred in writing within six months from the date the goods were entrusted to the railway for carriage, because the object was to give prompt notice for investigation while the facts remained fresh. On that construction, prior written notice was mandatory and the claim failed for non-compliance with the statutory notice requirement. en-us Tue, 24 Dec 1957 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 16 Jul 2020 10:44:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289139 Under S. 77 of the Indian Railways Act, "loss" was construed in its plain and natural sense to include non-delivery, misdelivery, conversion and shortage in transit, not merely total disappearance of goods. The provision required a claim for compensation to be preferred in writing within six months from the date the goods were entrusted to the railway for carriage, because the object was to give prompt notice for investigation while the facts remained fresh. On that construction, prior written notice was mandatory and the claim failed for non-compliance with the statutory notice requirement. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 24 Dec 1957 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289139