law: Indian Post Office Act, 1898 
  48. Exemption from liability in respect of money orders 
  No suit or other legal
  
  proceeding shall be instituted against 46[the Government] or any
  
  officer of the Post Office in respect of-
  (a) anything done
  
  under any rules made by the Central Government under this Chapter; or
  (b) the wrong payment of
  
  a money order caused by incorrect or incomplete information given by the
  
  remitter as to the name and address of the payee, provided that, as regards
  
  incomplete information, there was reasonable justification for accepting the
  
  information as a sufficient description for the purpose of identifying the
  
  payee; or
  (c) the payment of any
  
  money order being refused or delayed by, or on account of, any accidental
  
  neglect, omission or mistake, by, or on the part of, an officer of the Post
  
  Office, or for any other cause whatsoever, other than the fraud or willful act
  
  or default of such officer; or
  (d) any wrong payment
  
  of a money order after the expiration of one year from the date of the issue of
  
  the order; 17[or
  (e) any 
  
  wrong payment or delay in payment of a money order beyond the limits of 5[ India ] by an officer of any
  
  post office, not being one established by the Central Government.]