Examined on Motor Vehicles Act 1988, Consumer Protection Act 2019.
This page is the map of the paper: every syllabus unit, the leading cases with full summaries, and the exam questions the paper actually sets.
Units
- Unit 1 · Consumer Protection Act 2019 — Part 1 — Consumer Protection Act 2019 — Part 1
- Unit 2 · Consumer Protection Act 2019 — Part 2 — Consumer Protection Act 2019 — Part 2
- Unit 3 · Defamation — Defamation
- Unit 4 · General Defences — General Defences
- Unit 5 · Motor Vehicles Act 1988 — Part 1 — Motor Vehicles Act 1988 — Part 1
- Unit 6 · Motor Vehicles Act 1988 — Part 2 — Motor Vehicles Act 1988 — Part 2
- Unit 7 · Nature, Definition and Essentials of Tort — Nature, Definition and Essentials of Tort
- Unit 8 · Negligence — Negligence
- Unit 9 · Nervous Shock, Causation and Remoteness — Nervous Shock, Causation and Remoteness
- Unit 10 · Nuisance — Nuisance
- Unit 11 · Other Specific Torts — Other Specific Torts
- Unit 12 · Remedies, Damages and Extinguishment — Remedies, Damages and Extinguishment
- Unit 13 · Strict and Absolute Liability — Strict and Absolute Liability
- Unit 14 · Trespass to the Person — Trespass to the Person
- Unit 15 · Trespass to Property — Trespass to Property
- Unit 16 · Vicarious and State Liability — Vicarious and State Liability
Leading cases in this paper
- M.C. Mehta v Union of India (1987) — the Oleum Gas Leak case
- Donoghue v Stevenson (1932) — Unit 7
- Rylands v Fletcher (1868) — Unit 7
- Union Carbide Corporation v Union of India — the Bhopal gas disaster litigation — Unit 13
- Ashby v White (1703) and the Gloucester Grammar School Case (1410) — Unit 7
- Bhim Singh v State of Jammu & Kashmir (1985) — Unit 7
- Rudul Sah v State of Bihar (1983) and Nilabati Behera v State of Orissa (1993) — Unit 7
- State of Rajasthan v Vidhyawati (1962) — Unit 7
- Kasturi Lal Ralia Ram Jain v State of U.P. (1965) and N. Nagendra Rao & Co v State of A.P. (1994) — Unit 7
- Municipal Corporation of Delhi v Subhagwanti (1966) — Unit 7
- Jacob Mathew v State of Punjab (2005) — Unit 8
- Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police (1992) — Unit 8
- In Re Polemis (1921) and The Wagon Mound (No. 1) (1961)
- Hedley Byrne & Co. Ltd. v. Heller & Partners Ltd. (1964)
- Rustom K. Karanjia v K.M.D. Thackersey (1970) and R. Rajagopal v State of Tamil Nadu (1994) — Unit 3
- Sarla Verma v. Delhi Transport Corporation (2009) and National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Pranay Sethi (2017)
- National Insurance Co Ltd v Swaran Singh (2004) — Unit 11
- Indian Medical Association v. V.P. Shantha (1995)
- Lucknow Development Authority v M.K. Gupta (1994) — Unit 7
- Laxmi Engineering Works v P.S.G. Industrial Institute (1995) and Faqir Chand Gulati v Uppal Agencies Pvt Ltd (2008) — Unit 1
Exam questions
- Torts & Consumer exam question: Define 'tort'. Is it the 'law… · 10 marks
- Torts & Consumer exam question: 'Volenti non fit injuria.' Explain… · 10 marks
- Torts & Consumer exam question: Explain the essentials of the tort… · 10 marks
- Torts & Consumer exam question: 'Nervous shock' — explain what the… · 8 marks
- Torts & Consumer exam question: Distinguish strict liability from… · 10 marks
- Torts & Consumer exam question: 'Qui facit per alium facit per… · 10 marks
- Torts & Consumer exam question: Define nuisance and distinguish… · 8 marks
- Torts & Consumer exam question: Write a note on defamation:… · 8 marks
- Torts & Consumer exam question: Ravi, a college student, is detained… · 10 marks
- Torts & Consumer exam question: 'Trespass to land is actionable per… · 8 marks
- Torts & Consumer exam question: Define the tort of deceit and… · 8 marks
- Torts & Consumer exam question: 'Damage' and 'damages' — distinguish… · 10 marks
- Torts & Consumer exam question: Define 'motor vehicle' under the… · 8 marks
- Torts & Consumer exam question: Write a note on the Motor… · 10 marks
- Torts & Consumer exam question: Explain the rights of consumers under… · 8 marks
- Torts & Consumer exam question: Describe the three-tier redressal… · 8 marks