law: Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 
  8. Multimodal transport document to be
  
  regarded as document of title 
  (1) Every consignee named in the negotiable or
  
  non-negotiable multimodal transport document and every endorsee of such
  
  document, as the case may be, to whom the property in the goods mentioned
  
  therein shall pass, upon or by reason of such consignment or endorsement, shall
  
  have all the rights  and liabilities of the consignor.
  (2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall
  
  prejudice or affect the  right of the multimodal transport operator to
  
  claim freight from the consignor or enforce any liability if the consignee or
  
  endorsee by reason of his being such consignee or endorsee.