A Common Carrier is one whose business is to transport properly or goods of all persons from place to place for hire.
Section 2 of the Carriers Act 1865, defines that “Common Carrier denotes a person, other than the government, engaged in the business of transporting for hire, property from place to place, by land or inland navigation for all persons indiscriminately.” But the government or a carrier of passengers or a carrier by a sea or air cannot be regarded as a carrier. Further, a common carrier is different from a private carrier who carries goods of particular persons of his own choice either for hire or gratuitously in a casual occupation or under a special contract.
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