The Carriage by Air Act, 1972 · III — LIABILITY OF THE CARRIER

Section 29. The right of damages shall be extinguished if an action is not brought within two years, reckoned fr

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

29. The right of damages shall be extinguished if an action is not brought within two years, reckoned from the date of arrival at the destination, or from the date on which the aircraft ought to have arrived, or from the date on which the carriage stopped. 29. (1 ) An action for damages must be brought, at the option of the plaintiff, in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, either before the Court having jurisdiction where the carrier is ordinarily resident, or has his principal place of business, or has an estabilishment by which the contract has been made or before the Court having jurisdiction at the place of destination. (2) Questions of procedure shall be governed by the law of the Court seized of the case. 29. In the carriage of passengers, baggage and cargo, any action for damages, however founded, whether under these rules or in contract or in tort or otherwise, can only be brought subject to the conditions and such limits of liability as are set out in these rules without prejudice to the question as to who are the persons who have the right to bring suit and what are their respective rights. In any such action, punitive, exemplary or any other non-compensatory damages shall not be recoverable.

Source: India Code