Section 70 : Transporter’s liability to be ended

Except when otherwise provided for in the contract, the liability of a transporter shall be deemed to have ended in any of the following circumstances:

(a) In case the transporter or his agent transports the goods and hands them over to the owner or his/her agent, or a person designated by him,

(b) In case the goods handed over to the transporter are received back by the owner or his/her agent.

(c) In case the transporter or his agent returns the goods to the owner or his/her agents, citing the reason why the goods can not be transported within the prescribed period in the circumstances mentioned in Clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 79.