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)
- Rudul Sah v State of Bihar (Supreme Court, 1983) — compensation in a habeas corpus petition
- Jacob Mathew v State of Punjab (2005)
- Indian Medical Association v V.P. Shantha (1995)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Rajkot Municipal Corporation v Manjulben Jayantilal Nakum (1997) — Unit 7
- M.P. Electricity Board v Shail Kumari (2002) — Unit 13
- Town Area Committee v Prabhu Dayal (1974) — Unit 7
- Rickards v Lothian (1913) — Unit 13
- Rookes v Barnard (1964) — Unit 7
- Page v Smith (1995) — Unit 9
- Pushpa Thakur v Union of India (1984) — Unit 16
- Smith v Eric S Bush (a firm) (1989) — Unit 7
- Spring v Guardian Assurance plc (1994) — Unit 8
- Anns v Merton London Borough Council (1977) — Unit 8
- Bar of Indian Lawyers through its President Jasbir Singh Malik v. D.K. Gandhi PS National Institute of Communicable Diseases (2024)
- Bolitho v. City and Hackney Health Authority (1997)
- Hay (or Bourhill) v. Young (1942)
- Cambridge Water Co Ltd v Eastern Counties Leather plc (1993)
- Dr. A.S. Chandra and Ors. v Union of India and Ors. (1992)
- Esso Petroleum Company Ltd v Mardon (1976)
- Henderson v Merrett Syndicates Ltd (1994) — Unit 16
- Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd (1970) — Unit 8
- Hughes v Lord Advocate (1963) — Unit 8
- Jay Laxmi Salt Works (P) Ltd v State of Gujarat (1994) — Unit 7
- Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board (2015) — Unit 8
- Murphy v Brentwood District Council (1990) — Unit 8
- The New India Assurance Company Limited v Smt. Somwati and Others (2020)
- New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
- General Manager, Kerala S.R.T.C. v Susamma Thomas (1993)
- Lumley v Gye (1853) — Unit 7
- The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Bradford v Pickles (1895)
- McLoughlin v O'Brian (1982) — Unit 8
- Quinn v Leathem (1901) — Unit 7
- Read v J. Lyons and Company Limited (1946) — Unit 7
- Roe v Minister of Health (1954) — Unit 8
- Saheli, A Women's Resources Centre v Commissioner of Police, Delhi Police Headquarters (1989) — Unit 16
- Shyam Sunder v State of Rajasthan (1974) — Unit 4
- Smith v East Elloe Rural District Council (1956) — Unit 7
- State of Andhra Pradesh v Challa Ramkrishna Reddy (2000) — Unit 8
- State of Bombay (now Gujarat) v Memon Mahomed Haji Hasam (1967)
- U.P. State Road Transport Corporation v Trilok Chandra (1996) — Unit 4
- V. Kishan Rao v Nikhil Super Speciality Hospital (2010) — Unit 8
- Williams and Another v Natural Life Health Foods Ltd and Mistlin (1998)
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