law: The Carriage by Road Act, 2007
  17. General
  
  responsibility of common carrier. -
  Save as otherwise
  
  provided in this Act, a common carrier shall be responsible for the loss,
  
  destruction, damage or deterioration in transit or non-delivery of any
  
  consignment entrusted to him for carriage, arising from any cause except the
  
  following, namely:-
  a.  
  
    act
  
  of God;
  b.  
  
    act
  
  of war or public enemy;
  c.  
  
    riots
  
  and civil commotion;
  d.  
  
    arrest,
  
  restraint or seizure under legal process;
  e.  
  
    order
  
  or restriction or prohibition imposed by the Central Government or a State Government
  
  or by an officer or authority subordinate to the Central Government or a State
  
  Government authorised by it in this behalf: Provided that the common carrier
  
  shall not be relieved of its responsibility for the loss, destruction, damage,
  
  deterioration or non-delivery of the consignment if the common carrier could
  
  have avoided such loss, destruction, damage or deterioration or non-delivery
  
  had the common carrier exercised due deligence and care in the carriage of the
  
  consignment.