law: Railways Act, 1989
  93. General responsibility of a railway administration as
  
  carrier of goods.  
  Save as otherwise provided in this Act, a railway administration
  
  shall be responsible. for the loss, destruction, damage or deterioration in
  
  transit, or non-delivery of any consignment, arising from any cause except the
  
  following, namely.- 
  (a) act of God;
  (b) act of war;
  (c) act of public enemies;
  (d) arrest, restraint or seizure under legal process;
  (e) orders or restrictions imposed by the Central Government or
  
  a State Government or by an officer or authority subordinate to the Central
  
  Government or a State Government authorized by it in this behalf;
  (f) act or omission or negligence of the consignor or the
  
  consignee or the endorsee or the agent or servant of the consignor or the
  
  consignee or the endorsee;
  (g) natural deterioration or wastage in bulk or weight due to
  
  inherent defect, quality or vice of the goods;
  (h) latent defects;
  (i) fire, explosion or any unforeseen risk:
  Provided  that even where such loss, destruction, damage,
  
  deterioration or non-delivery is proved to have arisen from any one or more of
  
  the aforesaid causes, the railway administration, shall not be relieved of its
  
  responsibility for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or not delivery
  
  unless the railway administration further proves that it has used reasonable
  
  foresight and care in the carriage of the goods.