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Syllabus

Course : B.B.A.LL.B.(Hons.) Year/Sem : 3 Branch : null

Subject : LAW OF TORT INCLUDING MV ACCIDENT AND CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS

Unit Sub Unit Topic

I-Principles, General
Defences and Capacity
UNIT II ±Specific Wrongs
and Liability
UNIT III- Remoteness of
Damages, Tort to
Incorpore
1. Introduction &
Principles of Torts
2. Justification in Tort
±General Defences
3. Capacity ±to sue & to
be sued
1. Introduction &
Principles of Torts
2. Justification in Tort
±General Defences
3. Capacity ±to sue & to
be sued
1. Specific Wrongs
2. Liability
1. Remoteness of
damages
2. Remedies
a. Definitions of tort , b. Development of tort actions in England & India ,
c. Tort distinguished from contract & crime , d. Constituents of tort-
wrongful act (Malfeasance ,Misfeasance ,Non-feasance) , , Damage
(Damnum Sine Injuria ) , (Injuria Sine Damnum), Remedy (Ubi Jus Ibi
Remedium) , e. Mental element in tort , Malice in Law & Malice in fact
a. Volenti-non-fit-injuria , b. Necessity , c. Plaintiff¶s default , d. Act of God
, e. Inevitable Accident , f. Private Defense , g. Mistake , h. Statutory
Authority , i. doctrine of Sovereign Immunity
Minor, , Judicial and Quasi Judicial acts, , Parental & Quasi Parental
Authority , Independent & Joint Tort Feasors.
a. Torts relating to person , Assault ,Battery , false imprisonment ,
Malicious prosecution , b. Torts relating to property ±Trespass , Nuisance
, c. Defamation , d. Negligence , Contributory negligence ,Res ipsa
loquitor, nervous shock
a. Vicarious Liability , b. Strict Liability , c. Trend towards Absolute Liability
, d. Fault and No Fault Liability
b. The test of directness , a. The Test of Resonable Foresight
b. Extra judicial remedies

UNIT IV- Consumer
Protection Act and Motor
Vehicl
3. Torts to incorporeal Torts affecting Contractual & Business Relations in respect of Trade Mark,
personal property-torts Trade Name, Patent Right, Copyright & Passing off
affecting contractual
&business relations
1. Consumer Protection a. Object & definitions , b. Forums &courts , c. Unfair trade practices
Act , 1986 ,defects in goods , d. Deficiency in service- medical, lawyering, electricity,
housing, postal services , e. Appeal & administrative remedies , f.
Enforcement of consumer rights
2. Motor Vehicle Act, 1939 a. Salient features of Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 , b. Compulsory insurance
, c. Insurer¶s liability for third party risk