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Law of Tort

The document outlines various legal concepts related to tort law, including distinctions between torts and crimes, liability types such as strict and absolute liability, and defenses like volenti non fit injuria. It also highlights important topics for examination, including negligence, defamation, and consumer protection mechanisms under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. Additionally, it provides a list of significant case laws and legal principles relevant to tortious liability.

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Law of Tort

The document outlines various legal concepts related to tort law, including distinctions between torts and crimes, liability types such as strict and absolute liability, and defenses like volenti non fit injuria. It also highlights important topics for examination, including negligence, defamation, and consumer protection mechanisms under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. Additionally, it provides a list of significant case laws and legal principles relevant to tortious liability.

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29LiabilityofDoctors Officials under CPA


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Problems Essay
Rule of Vicarious liability in respect of

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against
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ball can he sue the organizers 6 Rights of Consumers
How it is by
protected

Industry Defence of contributory Negligence with caselaws


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'A' is the customer of B's bank. 'A' gives money to 'C' who
8 CPA 2019 v CPA 986
Provisions
is the employee of 'B', for deposit in his bank account by
friendliness. But 'C' misappropriates the Money. Decide?
Criticallyexamine the competency
of parties to su
9
or be suedunder the law of toet
‘A' left a two-horse van unattended in a street. A boy threw agencies an
a stone on the horses and they bolted in the direction of 10 Illustrate the role s functionsof redressal
some children. To prevent harm to the children , B a police
officer who was on duty managed to stop the horse, but in
doing so he himself suffered serious personal injuries. 'B' 11 Defamation s its defenses
filed a Case for compensation against 'A'. The defendant 'A' doerunder
raised the defence of volenti non fit injuria. Decide. 12 General defencesavailableto the wrong
Law of Torts
A new car purchased by a customer required a repeated Details
Absoluteliability
service within three months of its purchase. His request for 13 Strict casts
replacement was rejected by the manufacturer. Is it an unfair
exceptions
trade practice? Difference

suit liability s t d 14Variousforums available to a consumerunderthe


i consumerProtectionAct2019forredressing his
A driver due to emergency health condition allowed the conductor geexances
to drive the bus. The bus hit on a post and many passengers injured.
Discuss the liability of the owner of the bus s ng n injunicsineDamn'm tht
What action may be taken by the tenant of a property if the andfunctionso
neighbours dump waste to his property? 16Explain the compositionpowersRedressalforum
the District Consumer Disputes
Advise ·a consumer_who ;purchased a bottle of packaged juice
from a supermarket which_was sold after the expiry period labelled it In negligence both culpability compensation aregoxen
on the package.
by reasonableforesight elucidate
To buy some urgent medidnes, the parent allowed his minor son to
drive his . car. The car hit on a pedestrian. Discuss the liability of 18
the parent.
An insurance company leaked the credentials of their consumers
without their permission. Discuss the liability of the company.

Advise a victim who got severely injured in an accident where the


driver of the vehicle which caused the accident could not be
traced.

A minor child w a s admitted in a private hospital for the treatment


of typhoid. The child became collapsed after giving an injection.
Discuss whether the parents of the child can move the consumer
forum for the remedy?

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Jointliability
Defenses forthefort of negligence

2 Who is a consumer under Cea

3 Gingerbeer case

c Toldthe truthaboutdeathof sons


mother collapsed s took 7 year can the familysue
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Important topics for the examination

From the above analysis, it is clear that around 40% of the questions are repeating and
majority of the problem based questions are from the General Defences, Damages and
various legal maxims. The list of most important topics are given below in hierarchical
order. Write an essay which includes case laws for the rst 10 to 15 questions mentioned
below.

1. Essentials of tort of negligence


2. Strict and absolute liability
3. Defamation and its defences
4. Various grievance redressal mechanism available to a customer under Consumer
Protection Act, 2019
5. Damnum sine injuria and Injuria Sine Damnum
6. Salient features and objectives of the Consumers Protection Act 2019
7. Vicarious liability
8. Medical negligence
9. Trespass to land and its defences
10. Volenti non t injuria and its exceptions
11. Libel and Slander
12. Application for compensation under Motor Vehicle Act and Supreme Court guidelines
regarding giving compensation
13. Distinction between Tort and Crime
14. Restrictive trade practises and unfair trade practises
15. Caveat Venditor and Caveat Emptor
16. Innuendo
17. Inevitable accident vs Act of God
18. Remoteness of damages
19. Novus actus intervenes
20. Assault vs Battery
21. False imprisonment
22. Join tortfeasor
23. De ciency of services
24. Nervous shock
25. Distress damage feasant
26. Res Ipsa loquitor
27. Contributory negligence
28. Respondent superior
29. Rule in Derry v. Peak and Donghue v. Stevenson
30. Types of damages
31. Liability of the state for the tort committed by its servants
32. Consumer protection Council
33. Motor accident claims Tribunal

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