Those limits are meaningless when CO or its representtative is unavailable. But, thanks, for reminding me. We called, sent e-mail. Clearly, CO was informed wellwithin 7 days. The rest is a formality and a technicality.

Thanks for the link. It makes sense that the montreal convention applies to this situation even though India might not be a signatory to the convention. The U.S. is. CO, being a US carrier, can be reasonably expected to comply with the convention the US signed.