law: Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 
  24. Limitation on action 
  The multimodal transport operator shall not be
  
  liable under any of the provisions of this Act unless action against him is
  
  brought within nine months of -
  (a) the date of delivery of the goods, or
  (b) the date when then goods should have been
  
  delivered ,or
  (c) the date on and from which the party
  
  entitled to receive delivery of the goods has the right to treat the goods as
  
  lost under sub-section (2) of section 13.