LL.B. (Five Years) Sem 5 Torts Jan 2024 75/25 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

Questions asked in this paper

1. Q1 Answer the following in two to three sentences. (Any 6) 12 marks
   • a. What is waiver of law of tort?
   • b. What does personalis moritur cum persona’ mean?
   • c. What is meant by liability by ratification?
   • d. What are general and special damages in law of Tort?
   • e. What is maiming?
   • f. How the trespass to land be committed?
   • g. Who is according to consumer protection Act 2019?
   • h. Name the Consumer Protection Councils and their objects
2. Q2 Write noteson (any 2) feur ( 2 ) 12 marks
   • a. Powers and functions of Central Authority
   • b. Difference between Tort and Breach of Contract
   • c. Deceit Paper Subject Code: Law of Torts, Motor Accident Claims & Consumer Protection
3. Q3 Solve the following (any 2) 12 marks
   • a. Bhanudas’s bull , which was tied in the cowshed, escaped unknowingly. The bull ate the corn in Rama’s field and destroyed the field. Rama tied the bull in his own field Bhanudas claimed Rama to have driven away the bull
   • 1. State defences available to Rama
   • 2. Whether Bhanudas has any liability towards Rama? Why?
   • b. Aman was shopping in a clothes shop when a 5 year old boy who was with him was hit by a glass piece on his leg and seriously injured. Shopkeeper took a defence of impossibility of having a piece of glass in a clothing shop
   • 1. Whether shopkeeper is liable for compensation ? why?
   • 2. State the maxim related to above situation
   • c. years boy , climbed over the Pyarashet’s wall in pursuit of stray dog. While in the Pyarashet’s garden , an injury was caused to him by a spring gun set up by the Pyarashet without any notice . While taking support of the wall to walk due to injury, the pots in the garden were broken
   • 1.Whether Ojas was entitled to recover damages? Why? Paper Subject Code: Law of Torts, Motor Accident Claims & Consumer Protection
   • 2.Can Pyarashet recover compensation from Ojas for damaging the garden? Why?
   • d. Sukhdev having his grocery shop in a village adjusted his weighing scale in such way that customer gets less 50 gram in quantity
   • 1. Name and explain the wrongful activity conducted by the Sukhdev
   • 2.State how the customer is protected by law
4. Q4 Answer the following questions 3) 39 marks
   • a. Explain the concept of vicarious liability with the help of suitable case laws
   • b. State the principal of absolute liability with special reference to Ryland v. Fletcher
   • c. Explain the maxim ‘volenti non fit injuria’ with its limitations
   • d. State the role and procedure under State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission
   • e. licencing authority or Court has power to disqualify a person to hold driving licence. also state effects of disqualification order

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