Law of Tort including Motor Vehicles Accident and Consumer Protection Laws
University of Kerala · LL.B. Semester 1 · Paper IV
Unit I
Definition · Distinction between tort and crime · Tort and contract · foundations of tortious liability · Essential conditions of liability in tort · damnum sine injuria · injuria sine damnum · Principles of insurance in tort · defences · capacity of parties
Unit II
Master and Servant · vicarious liability · distinction between servant and independent contractor · course of employment · common employment · servant with two masters · liability of the state · Joint tortfeasors · Remedies · judicial and extra judicial remedies · kinds of damages · Remoteness of damages · Novus actus interveniens · Foreign torts · Effect of death of parties in tort · Strict liability · Rule in Rylands v. Fletcher · Absolute liability
- Vicarious Liability: Basis, scope, Justification, Different types
- Principle of Strict Liability: Ryland V. Fletcher case with exceptions
- Principle of Absolute Liability: Bhopal Gas Disaster case and Shree Ram Food
- Joint Tort-Feasors, Nervous Shock and Malicious abuse of Legal Process
- Extinguishment of Liability in Tort
Unit III
Assault · Battery · False imprisonment · Nervous shock · Defamation · slander · libel · Innuendo · Defences · Justification · fair comment · privileges · Tresspass to land · trespass to goods · Deceit · Rule in Derry v. Peak · Negligence · Res ipsa loquitor · contributory negligence · The last opportunity rule · Nuisance
- Trespass to Person: Assault, Battery, Mayhem, False imprisonment
- Torts affecting Property (Movable & Immovable): Trespass, Trespass ab initio etc
- Torts related to Reputation (Defamation) & Personal Relations
- Torts affecting person &Property: Nuisance, Negligence, Fraud
- Joint Tort-Feasors, Nervous Shock and Malicious abuse of Legal Process
Unit IV
Liability under Motor Vehicles Act 1988 · Compensation in Motor Vehicle Accidents · nature and extent of insurer’s liability · Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal · award of compensation
Unit V
Concept of consumer protection · Consumer protection under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 · Definitions · consumer · e-commerce · electronic service provider · goods · services · Defect · Deficiency Unfair Trade Practice · Restrictive Trade Practices · Commercial service · Commercial purpose · Liability of Doctors and Hospitals and Other Professionals, Engineers, Lawyers etc · Consumer Protection Councils · Central Consumer Protection Authority · Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions · composition and jurisdiction · Mediation · Product Liability · Offences and Penalties