law: 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.