SC order on carrier liability for delayed delivery of goods

Rajasthan Art Emporium Vs Kuwait Airways & Anr (Supreme Court of India)  The Hon’ble Supreme Court in this case was considering claim of Rajasthan Art Emporium which had shipped certain handicraft material to its regular customer in USA by paying airfreight which was 10 times the freight it would have paid had it shipped by sea and delivery was promised in 7 days. However, the materials were delivered only after 1-1/2 month primarily on account of delay by Kuwait airways who were acting as agent of Lufthansa with whom the materials were booked. The matter when carried to NCRDC, an amoun...