https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307942 The Indian Contract Act, 1872 did not displace the special liability regime of common carriers under the Carriers' Act, 1865. Read together, the two statutes showed that the 1865 Act remained a complete code preserving the insurer-like liability of common carriers, while the 1872 Act only defined and amended specified parts of contract law, including bailment, without codifying or abolishing the separate carrier regime. Because no clear legislative language indicated an implied repeal or reduction to the ordinary bailee standard, the common-law liability of carriers remained unchanged. en-us Sat, 04 Jul 1891 00:00:00 +0521 Wed, 17 May 2023 15:48:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307942 The Indian Contract Act, 1872 did not displace the special liability regime of common carriers under the Carriers' Act, 1865. Read together, the two statutes showed that the 1865 Act remained a complete code preserving the insurer-like liability of common carriers, while the 1872 Act only defined and amended specified parts of contract law, including bailment, without codifying or abolishing the separate carrier regime. Because no clear legislative language indicated an implied repeal or reduction to the ordinary bailee standard, the common-law liability of carriers remained unchanged. Case-Laws Indian Laws Sat, 04 Jul 1891 00:00:00 +0521 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307942