B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Sem 2 Law of Torts 2025 Jan Question Paper - KSLU

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UNIT - I

1. Q1 (a) "Torts are civil wrongs, but all civil wrongs are not torts." Justify the statement with cases.
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2. Q1 OR Explain the importance of mental element in torts.
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3. Q1 (b) An MLA of Karnataka was wrongfully detained by the police while he was going to attend the assembly session. He was not produced before the magistrate within requisite period. Which legal right is violated ? Advice him.
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4. Q1 OR Distinguish between tort and contract.
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UNIT - II

1. Q2 (a) Explain the doctrine of "Volenti non fit injuria" with its various exceptions.
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2. Q2 OR Explain the principle of vicarious liability.
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3. Q2 (b) The defendant left his car leaving his dog inside and went for shopping. When he came back, he was told that the dog broke the glass of the car and a splinter of the glass flow into the plaintiff's eye and blinded him. Decide his liability.
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4. Q2 OR Mr. Anthony took his three days old child to a Government Hospital for treatment. A few days later a nurse incharge of the ward told him that the child was cured and he was advised to buy a rubber apparatus to carry the child. He bought the appliance and went back on the same day to the hospital to fetch the child. But he was informed that the child had been taken away by someone else. Anthony was unable to find the child inspite of his hectic efforts. What is the remedy open to him ?
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UNIT - III

1. Q3 (a) Explain damages and different kinds of damages.
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2. Q3 OR What is Negligence ? Explain the ingredients of the tort of Negligence with the help of decided cases.
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3. Q3 (b) A threw a lighted squib in a busy market, which fell on the shed of B a bread-seller, B threw it away and it fell on the shed of C. C threw away the squib which burst in the face of D. Who is liable for D ?
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4. Q3 OR A resides in a house next to the church. B is the priest. The church bell is ringing at all hours of the day and night. What is the remedy available to A against B ?
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UNIT - IV

1. Q4 (a) "The right of consortium is a mutual right of husband and wife. If any one violates it, either husband or wife can sue for damages." Discuss.
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2. Q4 OR Define assault and battery. Explain the difference between them.
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3. Q4 (b) A, a member of Parliament called B, a citizen "a smuggler" in a speech during the proceedings of Parliament. Discuss the rights of the citizen B who denies being a smuggler.
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4. Q4 OR During darkness defendant's cattle strayed into plaintiff's garden and one of them knocked down and injured plaintiff. Is defendant liable to plaintiff ?
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UNIT - V

1. Q5 (a) Explain the salient features of Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
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2. Q5 OR Explain the liability without fault and application for compensation under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
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3. Q5 (b) Write a short note on Third Party Insurance.
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4. Q5 OR Write a short note on unfair trade practices.
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