law: Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 
  21. Special provision for dangerous goods 
  (1) Where the consignor hands over the
  
  prescribed dangerous goods to a multimodal transport operator or any person
  
  acting on behalf of such operator, the consignor shall inform him of the nature
  
  of the dangerous goods and, if necessary, the precautions to be taken while
  
  transporting such goods.
  (2) Where the consignor fails to inform the
  
  multimodal transport operator or the other person acting on behalf of such
  
  operator of the nature of the dangerous goods and such operator or person does
  
  not otherwise have knowledge of the dangerous goods-
  (a) the consignor
  
  shall be liable to the multimodal transport operator or the other person acting
  
  on behalf of such operator for all loss resulting from the multimodal
  
  transportation of such goods; and
  (b) the goods may at
  
  any time be unloaded, destroyed or rendered innocuous, as the circumstances may
  
  require, without payment of compensation.