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ESSENTIALS AND REMEDIES

LAW OF TORT PROJECT – SEMESTER 1

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MRIDULL THAPLU Mrs. Jaswinder Kour
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RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF

LAW, PATIALA, PUNJAB
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It is a great pleasure that I find myself penning down these

lines to express my sincere thanks to various people who
helped me a long way in completing this project.
It is my privilege to acknowledge my heartfelt gratitude and
indebtedness towards my teachers for their valuable
suggestions and constructive criticism
The harmonious atmosphere of our school provides proper
guidance for preparing the project. It was a privilege to have
been guided by MRS JASWINDER KOUR.
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 INTRODUCTION

The word tort has been derived from Latin term ‘tortum’ which means ‘to twist’. It is also
known as wrong. The Law of Torts consists of various ‘torts’ or wrongful acts whereby the
wrongdoer violates some legal rights vested in another person. The law imposes a duty to
respect the legal rights vested in another person. The law has imposed the duties to respect
the legal rights of the members of the society and not to violate them, and the person who
violates the same or breaches that duty is said to have done wrongful act. Under the criminal
law ‘crime’ is used for wrongful act which in turn results from the breach of duty recognised
by criminal law.

A tort under the common law system1, is a civil wrong which causes loss or harm to the
sufferer that further results to legal liability for the person who has committed the act. For
example, violation of a duty not to injure the reputation of someone else’ results in tort of
defamation; violation of a duty not to interfere with the possession of land results in the tort
of trespass to land; and, the violation of a duty not to defraud other person results in the tort
of deceit.

There is no proper definition for the LAW OF TORTS which could mention the essentials,
remedies about the same. Torts may be classified into those involving intention, negligence
and the strict liabilities. The normal remedy which the affected person gets under the LAW
OF TORTS is an award of damages for which the harm is done.

Thus, it is observed that;

1. Tort is a civil wrong

2. This civil wrong is other than a mere breach of contract or a breach of trust.
3. This wrong is redressed by an action for unliquidated damages.

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1.Glanville Williams, Learning the Law, Sweet & Maxwell, London,1982, p. 9.

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