NIRMA UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE OF LAW

PROGRAMME NAME: B.A.LL.B/B.COM.LL.B (HONS.)

COURSE CONDUCT MODULE

SEMESTER: I

COURSE NAME: LAW OF TORT INCLUDING CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS AND

MOTOR VEHICLES ACT

COURSE CODE: 2BL132

ACADEMIC YEAR: 2021-2022

AUGUST 2021- DECEMBER 2022

COURSE COORDINATOR: Ms. Gunjan Arora

 INDEX

A. Course Title / Course Code / Teaching and Examination Schemes

B. Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)

C. Course Syllabus

D. List of Books / Reference books / E-books

E. Course related Important Web-links

F. Unit / sub-unit wise content of the syllabus and list of case law and research articles etc.

G. Lesson Plan (as per Format)

H. Structured Tutorial/Seminar/Clinical planning with design of clinical exercise and problems

(wherever applicable – as per the format mentioned hereinafter)

I. Formative Assessment Scheme (As per Format)

(A) Course Title / Course Code / Teaching and Examination Schemes

Course Title / Course Code:

Course Name: Course Code

LAW OF TORT 2BL132

INCLUDING CONSUMER
PROTECTION LAWS AND
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT

TEACHING AND EXAMINATION SCHEMES:

Teaching Evaluation Scheme

Scheme Examinati
(Hrs./Week) Credit on Hours Component Weightage
Course
Code Course Title L T PW C SEE CE SEE PW
2BL132
Law of Torts 3 1 0 4 03 0.6 0.4 0

B. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLO)

After completion of the course, the students will be able to:-

1. Describe the major principles fundamental to the operation of tort system

2. Explain the important and commonly litigated torts
3. Appraise the basis and nature of law of torts and its impact on individuals, corporations and
other businesses.
4. Critique the leading case authorities in tort law and important legislations that impacts it.
C. COURSE SYLLABUS:
D. LIST OF BOOKS/ REFERENCE BOOKS/ E-BOOKS
I. TEXT BOOKS:
1) Ratanlal and Dhirajlal’s, The Law of Torts, (Latest Edition), Lexis Nexis
2) P. H. Winfield, J. A. Jolowicz, W. Rogers, Winfield and Jolowicz on tort
(https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Winfield-and-Jolowicz-on-tort-Winfield-Jolowicz/a1b5
27af84159aaf82442242396befedae93e3b2) &
(http://www.gbv.de/dms/spk/sbb/recht/toc/29323101X.pdf)

3) Ramaswamy Iyer’s Law of Torts, Latest Edition, Publisher: Lexis Nexis, Butterworths

4) Prof. Dr. A.Lakshminatha and Prof. Dr. M. Sridhar, Ramaswamy Iyer’s ‘The Law of Torts’
BOOKREVIEW.pdf
(https://www.academia.edu/27495475/Prof._Dr._A.Lakshminatha_and_Prof._Dr._M._Sridhar_R
amaswamy_Iyer_s_The_Law_of_Torts_BOOK_REVIEW.pdf )

II. REFERENCE BOOKS:

5) Hueston, R.F.V. and Buckley, R.A., Salmond and Hueston on the law of Torts, Latest edition,
Publisher: Sweet and Maxwell, Universal Law Publishing House

6) McBride, Nicholas J. and Bagshaw, Roderick., Tort Law, 2001, Pearson Education(Singapore)
Pvt. Limited.

7) Nijhawan, Swarn Bhatia, National Commission and Supreme Court on Consumer Cases
1986-1995 Vol. I-VIII, International Law Book Company: Delhi, 1995

8) Rao, Rajyalakshmi, Consumer is King: Know Your Rights and Remedies, Universal Law
Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.: Delhi, 2008

9) Richard Kidner, Casebook on Torts, Latest Edition, Oxford University Press

10) Clerk, J. F., Lindsell, W. H. B., & Dugdale, A. M. (2006). Clerk & Lindsell on torts. London:
Sweet & Maxwell.
11) Gandhi, B.M (2016). Law of Torts. Lucknow, Eastern Book Company.
III. E-BOOKS:
1) John Cooke., Law of Tort (Foundation Studies in Law)
2) MacMohan, Bryan (2013). Law of Torts. Bloomsbury Publication.
3) John Oberdiek., Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Torts.
4) Tom Cornford., Towards a Public Law of Tort.
5) Empowering Consumers E-Book
6) Guide to approaching a Consumer court

E. COURSE RELATED IMPORTANT WEB-LINKS

(1) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution:http://consumeraffairs.nic.in/
(2) Centre for Consumer Studies, IIPA, New Delhi http://www.consumereducation.in/
(3) Consumer Education and Research Centre, Ahmedabad: http://cercindia.org/
(4) Consumer Association of India http://caiindia.org/
(5) CUTS : Consumer Unity and Trust Society,http://www.cuts-international.org/
(6) Consumer Voice http://www.consumer-voice.org/
(7) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways: http://morth.nic.in/

F. UNIT/ SUB-UNIT WISE CONTENT OF THE SYLLABUS AND LIST OF CASE LAW
AND RESEARCH ARTICLES ETC.

UNIT 1: DEFINITION, NATURE, SCOPE AND OBJECTS

1) A wrongful act- violation of duty imposed by law, duty which is owed to people generally (in
rem) – damnum sine injuria and injuria since damnum

2) Tort distinguished from crime and breach of contract

3) The concept of unliquidated damages

4) Changing scope of law of torts: expanding character of duties owed to people generally due to
complexities of modern society

5) Object- prescribing standards of human conduct, Redressal of wrongs by payment of

compensation, prescribing unlawful conduct by injunction.
Cases

1) Ashby v. White (1703) 2 Ld. Raym. 938

2) Rookes v. Barnard (1964) AC 1027

3) White v. John Warwick & Co. Ltd. (1953) 2 WLR 1285

4) Acton v. Blundell (1843) 12 M & W 324

5) The Municipal Board of Agra v. Asharfial AIR 1922 All 202

6) Town Area Committee v. Prabhu Dayal AIR 1975 All 132

7) P. Seetharamayya v. G. Mahalakshamma AIR 1958 AP 103

8) Mayor of Bradford Corpn v. Pickles (1895) AC 587

9) Gloucester Grammar School case (1410) Y.B. 11 hen. IV of 47

ERM

i. S. C. Thanvi, “Law of Torts”, ILI Law Review, 2013, available at-

http://14.139.60.114:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/738/22/Law%20of%
20Torts
.pdf
ii. Edward P. Weeks, “Doctrine of Damnum Sine Injuria Considered in Its
Relation to the Law of Torts” (San Francisco: S. Whitney., 1879), available
at-
https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=true&handle=hein.beal/ddabs000
1&div=
5&start_page=1&collection=beal&set_as_cursor=4&men_tab=srchresults
iii. Kenneth W. Simons, “The Crime/Tort Distinction: Legal Doctrine and
Normative Perspectives”, Widener Law Journal, 2008, available at-
http://www.bu.edu/lawlibrary/facultypublications/PDFs/Simons/Crim_Tort
s_Disti nction.pdf
iv. Nishith Desai Associates, “Law of Damages in India” 2017, available at-
http://www.nishithdesai.com/fileadmin/user_upload/pdfs/Research_Papers
/Law_o f_Damages_in_India.PDF
v. Introducing tort law and its challenges, Oxford University Press, available
at- https://www.oup.com.au/
data/assets/pdf_file/0023/140675/DAVIS_9780195561 098.pdf
 UNIT 2: PRINCIPLES OF LIABILITY IN TORTS

1) Fault

2) Wrongful intent

3) Negligence

4) Liability without fault

5) Violation of ethical codes

6) Statutory liability Place of motive in torts

Cases:

1) Jayalakshmi Salt Works Pvt Ltd. v. State of Gujarat (1994) 4 SCC 1

2) Town Area Committee v. Prabhu Dayal AIR 1975 All. 132

3) State of Andhra Pradesh v. Govardhnalal Pitti (2003) 3 SCALE 107

4) Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd. v. Morris Dock & Engg. Co. Ltd. (The Wagon
Mound Case) (1961) 1 All E R 404

5) Smith v. Leech Brain & Co. (1961) 1 All E R 1159

6) Mc Ghee v. National Coal Board (1972) 3 All E R 1008

7) Liesbosch Dredger v. Edison (1933) AC 449

8) Haynes v Harwood (1935) 1 KB 146

ERM

I. Frederick Pollock, Law of Torts: A Treatise on the Principles of Obligations

Arising from Civil Wrongs in the Common Law, “Principles of Liability”,
available at- https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.beal/lwtrt0001&i=50
II. Frederick Pollock, Law of Torts: A Treatise on the Principles of Obligations
Arising from Civil Wrongs in the Common Law, “Negligence”, available at-
https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.beal/lwtrt0001&i=309
III. Nathan Isaacs, “Fault and Liability”, Harvard Law Review, available at-
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1327813.pdf
IV. Keith N. Hylton, “Intent in Tort Law”, Valparaiso University Law Review, Vol.
44, No. 4 [2010], available at-
https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1076&context=vulr
V. G.H.L Fridman, “Malice in law of torts”, The Modern Law Review, available
 at-
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1468-2230.1958.tb00488.x
VI. Causation in the Law, Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, available at-
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/causation-law/

UNIT 3: JUSTIFICATION IN TORT

1) Volenti non fit injuria
2) Necessity, Private and Public
3) Plaintiff’s default
4) Act of god
5) Inevitable accident
6) Private defense
7) Statutory authority
8) Judicial and quasi-judicial acts
9) Parental and quasi-parental authority

Cases:

1) Hall v. Brooklands Auto Racing Club (1932) 1 KB 205

2) Smith v. Baker and Sons (1891) AC 325

3) South Indian Industrial Ltd. Madras v. Alamulu Anmal (1923) MWN 344

4) Haynes v. Harwood (1935) 1 K B 146

5) Ramchandram Nagaram Rice & Oil Mills Ltd. V. Municipal Commissioner of

Purilla Municipality (1943) ILR 22 Pat 359

6) Manindra Nath Mukherjee v. Mathuradas Chatturbhuj AIR 1946 Cal. 175

7) Gillick v. West Norfolk & Wiseback Area Health Authority (1985) 3 All E R 402

8) Wooldridge v. Summer (1962) 2 All E R 978

9) Bird v. Hotbrook (1828) 4 Bin 628

10) Reeves v. Commission of Police of the Metropolitan (1998) 2 All E R 381

ERM

I. S. P. Singh, “Volenti Non Fit Injuria and Tortious Liability” JILI, available at-
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43952935
II. Nital S. Nandedkar, “General Defences or Justification for Tortious Liability”, Journal
 of Law of Torts and Consumer Protection Law.
III. Law of Tort:Concept and Theories, Egyanosh,
Available at- http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/43788/1/Unit-11.pdf

UNIT 4: EXTINGUISHMENT OF LIABILITY IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS

1) Actio personalise moritur cum persona – exceptions

2) Waiver and acquiescence

3) Release

4) Accord and satisfaction

5) Limitation

Cases:

1) Rose v. Ford 1937 AC 826.

2) Klaus Mittelbachert v. The East India Hotels Ltd. AIR 1997 Del 201p.231

UNIT 5: STANDING

1) Who may sue – aggrieved individual – class action – social action group

2) Statutes granting standing to certain persons or groups

3) Who may be sued?

Cases:

1) Campbell v. Paddington Corporation (1911) 1 KB 869

2) Robinson v. Post Office (1974) All E R 737

3) Walker v. G N Railway and Co. of Ireland (1861) L.R Ir. 69

4) Naval Kishore v. Rameshwar AIR 1995 AIL 594

5) Merryweather v. Nixan (1799) 8 TR 186

UNIT 6: DOCTRINE OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY AND ITS RELEVANCE IN INDIA

Cases:

1) Lloyd v. Grace Smith & Co. (1912) AC 716

2) State Bank of India v. Shyama Devi AIR 1978 SC 1263

 3) State of Rajasthan v. Vidyawati AIR 1962 SC 933

4) Kasturilal Ralia Ram Jain v. State of UP AIR 1965 SC 1039

5) N Nagendra Rao & Co. v. State of AP AIR 1994 SC 2663

6) Chairman Railway Road v. Chandrima Das AIR 2000 SC 988

7) Peninsular and Oriental Navigation Company v. Secretary of State for India (1861) 5
Bom. HCR App. 1, p.1

ERM

i. Vicarious Liability of State in India, Vidhi- Centre for Legal Policy, available at-
https://vidhilegalpolicy.in/wpcontent/uploads/2019/05/VidhiReportonStateLiabilit
yinTort.pdf

UNIT 7: VICARIOUS LIABILITY

1) Basis, scope and justification

2) Express authorization

3) Ratification

4) Abetment

5) Special Relationships

6) Master and servant-arising out of and in the course of employment -who is

master?-the control test-who is servant? -borrowed servant-independent contractor and servant,
distinguished

7) Principal and agent

8) Corporation and principal officer

Cases:

1) Mersery Docks and Harbour Board v. Coggins & Griffith (Liverpool) Ltd. (1947) AC
1, 17

2) Lister v. Hesley Hall (1856) 1 D & B 118

3) Tarry v. Ashton (1876) 1 QBD 314

4) State of Rajasthan v. Vidyawathi (1962) Supp. 2 SCR 989

5) Kasturilal Ralia Ram Jain v. State of U.P. (1965) 1 SCR 375

6) N. Nagendra Rao & Co. v. State of A.P. AIR 1994 SC 2663

7) Chairman, Railway Board v. Chandrima Das (2002) 2 SCC 465

ERM

i. The Basics of Vicarious Liability, Yale Law Journal, available at-

https://www.oup.com.au/data/assets/pdf_file/0023/140675/DAVIS_9780195561 098.pdf

ii. J. N. Agrios, “Vicarious Liability in Torts”, Alberta Law Review, available at-
https://www.albertalawreview.com/index.php/ALR/article/download/563/556

UNIT 8: TORT AGAINST PERSONS AND PERSONAL RELATIONS

1) Assault, battery, mayhem

2) False imprisonment

3) Defamation – libel, slander including law relating to privileges

4) Marital relations, domestic relations, parental relations, master and servant relations

5) Malicious prosecution

6) Shortened expectation of life

7) Nervous shock

Cases:

1) Nemi Chand v. Wallace (1907) ILR 34 Cal.

2) Tushar Kanthi Ghosh v. Bina Bhowmick (1952) 57 CWN 3778

3) R K Karanjia v. K M D Thakersey AIR 1970 Bom 424

4) Cassidy v. Daily Mirror (1929) 2 KB 331

5) Sim v. Stretch (1936) 52 TLR 669\

6) M C Vergheeses v, T J Poonam AIR 1970 SC 1876

ERM:
i. Edward P. Weeks, “Injuries to Reputation - Slander and Libel -
Malicious Prosecution”, available at-
https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.beal/ddabs0001&id=76&c
ollection
=beal&index=
ii. W. D. Rollinson, “Torts: Assault, Battery”,
available at
http://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndlr/vol17/iss1/
1
iii. Shivi, “Defamation Laws and Critical Intervention”, ILI Law Review, 2016.
iv. Ranelle A. Gamble, “Threats as Criminal Assault”, Cleveland State Law
Review, available at-
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clevstlrev/vol20/iss1/61
UNIT 9: WRONGS AFFECTING PROPERTY

1) Trespass to land, trespass ab initio, dispossession

2) Movable property- trespass to goods, detinue, conversion

3) Torts against business interests – injurious falsehood, misstatements, passing off

Cases:

1) Meering v. Grahame white Aviation Co. (1920) 121 ILT 44

2) Herring v. Boyle 1949 All E R 1126

3) Rookes v. Bernard (1964) AC 1129

ERM- A

i. Joseph W. Glannon, “The Law of Torts”, Wolters Kluwer, 2015.

UNIT 10: NEGLIGENCE

1) Basic concepts

2) Theories of negligence

3) Standards of care, duty to take care, carelessness, inadvertence

4) Doctrine of contributory negligence

5) Res ipsa loquitor and its importance in contemporary law

6) Liability due to negligence: different professionals

7) Liability of common carriers for negligence

8) Product liability due to negligence: liability of manufacturers and business houses

for their products

Cases:

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1) Donoghue v. Stevenson (1932) AC 562

2) Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Subhagwati AIR 1966 SC 1750

3) Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Sushil Devi AIR 1999 SC 1929

4) Association of Victims of Upahar Tragedy v. Union of India 86 (2000) DLT 246

5) Lucknow Development Authority v. M K Gupta AIR 1994 SC 787

6) Indian Medical Association v. V P Shantha AIR 1996 SC 550

7) M/s Spring Meadows Hospital v. Harjot Singh Anluwalia AIR 1998 SC 1801

8) Union of India v. United India Insurance AIR 1998 SC 640

9) Rajkot Municipal Corporation v. Manjulaben Jayantilal Nukum (1997) 9 SCC

552

10) Fletcher v. Western National Life Insurance Co.[1970] 10 CA 3d 376

UNIT 11: NUISANCE

1) Definition, essentials and types

2) Acts which constitute nuisance – obstructions of highways, pollution of air, water,

noise, and interference with light and air

Cases:

1) Hollywood Silver farm v. Emmet (1936) 2 KB 468

2) Sturgess v. Bridgeman (1879) 11 Ch. D. 852

UNIT 12: ABSOLUTE /STRICT LIABILITY

1) The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher

2) Liability for harm caused by inherently dangerous industries

Cases:

1. Rylands v. Fletcher (1868) LR 3 HL 330

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2. M.C. Mehta v. Union Of India AIR 1987 SC 1086

3. M.P Electricity Board v. Shail Kumar AIR 2002 SC 551

UNIT 13: LEGAL REMEDIES

1) Legal remedies

2) Award of damages – simple, special, punitive

3) Remoteness of damage- foreseeability and directness

4) Injunction

5) Specific restitution of property

6) Extra-legal remedies-self-help, re-entry on land, re-caption of goods, distress

damage feasant and abatement of nuisance

Cases:

1. In Re Arbitration between Polemis and Furness, Withy & Co. (1921) All ER
Rep. 40

2. Overseas Tankship [UK] Ltd. V. Morts Dock & Engineering Co. (1961) 1 All
ER 404

3. Hughes v. Lord Advocate (1963) AC 837

4. Smith v. Leech Brain & Co. (1961) 3 All ER 1159

UNIT 14: CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2019

1) Consumer, the concept; Consumer of Goods & Services

2) Defect and Deficiencies

3) Product Liability and Product Liability Action: Penal Consequences

4) Restrictive trade practice & Unfair trade practice

5) Public Utilities (Supply of electricity, Telecommunications and postal services,

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 housing, banking)

6) Commercial services (Hiring, financing, agency services)

7) E- Commerce complaints; Mediation of Consumer disputes

8) Establishment of CCPA

Cases:
1) Laxmi Engineering Works v PSG Industrial Institute
2) Donoghue v Stevenson
3) Dr Laxman Balakrishna Joshi v Dr Trimbak Bapu Godbole
4) Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co
5) While v John Warrick and Co Ltd
6) Indian Medical Association v VP Santha
7) Regional Provident Fund Commissioner Vs Shiv Kumar Joshi
8) Lucknow Developmental Authority v/s MK Gupta,
9) Spring Meadows Hospital and Anr v Harjol Ahluwalia & Anr
10) M/s Cheema Engineering Services v Rajan Singh
11) Akhil Bhartiya Grahak Panchayat v Secretary Sharda Bhawan Education Society
12) MD Orissa Cooperative Housing Corporation Ltd v KS Sudarsa
13) Dy Registrar Colleges and Anr v. Ruchika Jain and Others
14) M/s India Photographic Co Ltd v HD shourie
15) Consumer Education & Research Society & Anr. v/s New India Assurance Co.
Ltd. & Ors

ERM:

i. CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2019

UNIT 15: THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988

1. Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019

Cases:

1) Machindranath Kernath Kasar v. D.S. Mylarappa and Ors.

2) Minu B. Mehta and Anr. v. Balkrishna Ramchandra Nayan and Anr.

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 3) Greater Bombay v. Laxman Iyer and Anr.
4) Malay Kumar Ganguly v. Dr. Sukumar Mukherjee and Ors

G. LESSON PLAN

Session Topic Mode of Course Pre- Reading CLO

No. Delivery Material

Session 1 Introduction to the Discussion + -

syllabus Illustrations

Session 2 What is a wrongful Discussion + ERM I, v 1, 2

act? Illustrations

Session 3 What is tort? Discussion + ERM i, ii 1, 2

Elements of a tort Illustrations
PPT/Reading
Material,
Session 4 Object of law of Discussion ERM i. v 1, 2
torts- Protection of /Illustrations
varied interest.
Session 5 Difference between ERM iii 1, 2
tort and contract and PPT/Reading
tort and crime. Material,

Changing scope of
law of torts.
Session 6 Injuria Sine Damno Discussion + ERM ii 2
and Damno Sine Illustrations
Injuria PPT/Reading
Material, problem
solving
Session 7 Principle of Liability Discussion ERM i 1, 2
in torts- Introduction PPT/Reading
Material,
Session 8 Rules of Causation, Discussion+ ERM vi 1, 2, 3
Remoteness and Illustration
Quantum PPT/Reading
Material
Session 9 Vicarious Liability- Discussion+ ERM i 2, 3
Basic Scope, Illustration
Justification
Session Employer- Discussion+ ERM ii 2, 3
10 Employee; Illustration

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 Master- Servant Illustration
Relationship;
Principal- Agent
Session Joint and Several Discussion+ ERM i 1, 2
11 Liability Illustration

Session Standing- Who may Discussion+ ERM i 1, 2

12 sue and Who maybe Illustration
sued
Session Torts against Discussion ERM ii 1, 2, 3
13 persons- Assault, PPT/Reading
Battery, Mayhem Material,
Session False Imprisonment Discussion+ ERM iv 2, 3
14 Illustration

Session Defamation, Discussion+ Case ERM iii, i 2, 3

15 Malicious Studies,
Prosecution PPT,
Session Wrongs Affecting Discussion+ Case ERM iv 1, 2
16 Property- Tresspass Studies

Session Justification/Defense Discussion+ Case ERM i 1, 2

17 s in tort- Volenti Studies
Non-Fit Injuria
Session Private Defense PPT/Reading ERM ii, iii 1, 2
18 Material, Discussion,
Case studies
Session Act of god; Discussion+ Case ERM iii 1, 2
19 Inevitable Accident Studies

Session Statutory Authority; PPT/Reading ERM iii 1

20 Judicial and Non- Material, Discussion,
Judicial Acts; Case Studies
Parental and Quasi
Parental Authority
Session Doctrine of Discussion+ Case ERM i 1
21 Sovereign Immunity Studies

Session Consumer Protection Discussion+ Case ERM i 1,2

22 Act Basics Studies

Session Consumer protection PPT/Reading ERM i 1,2

23 Act, 2019 Material, Discussion

Session Discussion on PPT/Reading ERM i 1,2

24 E-Consumerism and Material, Discussion
Contracts governing
Consumer rights

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Session Motor Vehicles Act, PPT/Reading ERM 1,2
24 Introduction, The Material, Discussion
concept of No Fault
Liability
Session Third Party PPT/Reading ERM 1,2
25 Insurance, Claims Material, Discussion
and compensation
under Motor
Vehicles Act.
Session Doubt Clearing - -
26 Session

H. MICRO TEACHING PLAN FORMAT

Pedagogy Weightage Specific Mode Allocated Units/

Description
(%) Topics

Discussion & To be tested in Unit 1 to 15

Core Teaching 60%
Illustrations CE/SEE

Inclusion of Unit VI
SDG Goals to
different tortious Application of Unit VII
claims and Law to a case Unit-VII
understanding
the nuances of study at hand Unit –X
each of such tort that is chosen by Unit –XI
by analyzing the
Experiential targets achieved the student itself Unit- XII
25%
Learning under each SDG from the options Unit XIII
Goal vis-à-vis a
specific tortious assigned. Unit XIV
action. Unit XV

Extinguishment
Self-Study 5% Text Book
of Liability in

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 Torts, (Relevant Unit IV and V
Torts against
business Chapter)
interests-misstate
ments etc.
& Standing

1.Mr. Kartikeya
Sarabhai, “Environmental

Founder and Torts and SDG

Director CEE; Goals” (20th

Environmental September)

Educator

Expert Lecture

Expert Lecture / 2.Prof. Dr.

Cooperative Ashok R Patil,
20%
Teaching / Video Chair Professor, “Mediation in
Sessions Chair on Consumer

Consumer Law Disputes” (20th

and Practice, November)

NLIU Bangalore,
India

3.Prof. Dr. Charu “Climate Justice:

Sharma, O P Liability in

Jindal Global Climate change

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 University torts” (11th
October)

4.Mr.Rathin “MV Act in

Raval, Advocate Practice: from an
Gujarat HC Advocate’s lens”
(1st December)

Discussion/Illust Unit 1 to 15
To be tested in
Core Teaching 50% ration/bended
CE/SEE
learning

I. STRUCTURED TUTORIAL/SEMINAR/CLINICAL PLANNING

WITH DESIGN OF CLINICAL EXERCISE AND PROBLEMS
Sr. Week Clinical Exercise / Reading Material / Method of Conducting the
No Tutorial / practical Cases Exercise (in brief)
work
1 Week-1 Reading a case: Cases provided in list Brainstorming and discussion in
Students will learn of syllabus class on the basis of decided
to recognize and cases
bifurcate the various
elements of the case
like facts, issues,
contentions, ratio,
obiter, judgment.
2 Week-2 Application of legal - Instructor will provide
principle hypothetical question to which
the class will practice applying
the principle of law
3 Week-3 Role Play Case provided in list Group of 5 students will present

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 of syllabus a case in form of a role play of
party, lawyers, judge.
4 Week-4 Moot exercise Hypothetical facts Students will be divided into
will be provided groups to perform
5 Week-5 Revision and Doubt ERM, Cases covered Question/ Answer session
clearing session so far
6 Week-6 Problem Solving - Instructor will provide
hypothetical question to which
the class will practice applying
the principle of law
7 Week-7 Answer Writing Text/ ERM/ Cases Instructor will help students
understand key ingredients of
writing answers in law exam
8 Week-8 Story Telling - Sharing of real experience/ film
stories through play/ video of
acts of tort
9 Week-9 Revision and Doubt - Question/ Answer session
Clearing
10 Week-10 Drafting of Legislation and Students shall be given a
Consumer Cases Factual situation. Based on the
Complaint given facts, they will have to
draft a consumer complaint
applying various relevant
provisions of the consumer
Protection Act.
11 Week 11: Film/Video analysis Link will be updated Flip Class exercise
on website Discussion on the video on
Specific Tort (Medical
Negligence/ Defamation etc.)
12 Week-12 Problem Solving - Students will have to apply law
to given facts and justify the
position taken on basis of sound
principles
13 Week-13 Skit Cases provided in list Enactment of case through skit.
of syllabus
14 Week-14 Revision and doubt Entire Syllabus Question/ Answer Session
clearing
15 Week-15: Solving Question - Question/ Answer Session

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 Paper of earlier
exams in class room

J. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT SCHEME (FA):

Formative Description Assessment Marks Date Date of Map

Assessme Criteria assigned Declar ped
nt (FA) ation of CLO
Result

20 MCQ 1: Graded
3 Quizzes MCQ quiz on
CE-I 30.09.2021 1,2,3
LMS 4
( Each Quiz MCQ2:
10 28/10/2021
mark each,
out of total 3 MCQ3:
conducted, 02/12/2021
best 2 will be
counted for
evaluation
component)
10*2

CE-II Written Exam Content 40 As per 1,2,3,

Application Academic 4
Logical Flow
Based Calendar
Application
Cases Referred

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CE- III Field 40 Note on FA Grading 1,2,3,4
Based on analyzing
Based/Case III given as per
and linking SDG
studies/ below submiss
with the subject
Empirical ion
study/Documen
tary/ PPT etc

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 Formative Assessment III in alignment with SDG’s

Sr. SDG SDG Target Clinical/Practical Evaluation Marks

No. Goals Indicators Scheme Assigned
Identified (Description of Activity) (15 Marks
component is
common for
all)
1. (1.1)Reading, Discussion &
Presentation on Tortious liability of
11.2 Provide State under Art 300 of Constitution
access to safe,
affordable, (1.2)Case study on Tortious liability
accessible and of State in regards to maintaining
sustainable and sustaining cities in safe and
transport systems sustainable manner (past 7 year
for all, improving data analysis).
Goal 11: road safety,
Sustainable OR 40
Cities and (15+25)
Communitie (1.3)Making a documentary (either
s 11.6 By 2030, video or audio presentation) (1.1=15
reduce the showcasing the liability (if any) of Marks)
adverse per capita the State in incorporating the SDG
environmental in their respective State. (1.2 & 1.3=25
impact of cities, Marks)
including by Method adopted may either be
paying special primary or secondary data
attention to air
quality and
municipal and
other waste
management

2. 13.1 Strengthen (2.1)Discussion and Presentation by

resilience and students on Environmental Torts
adaptive capacity
to climate-related
hazards and Page 29 of 34
natural disasters
in all countries 2.2)Case study on the actual and
reported cases addressing
 Environmental Tort Action that
Goal 13: 13.2 Integrate have been tried by the Judicial 40
Climate climate change bodies in their respective state (15+25)
Action measures into (timeline may be decided by
national policies, students); (2.1=15
strategies and Marks)
planning OR
(2.2 to 2.4=25
13.3 Improve (2.3)Documenting (video or audio) Marks)
education, emphasis of the State Govt., on
awareness-raising realizing the objectives under
and human and Environment Impact Assessment
institutional (EIA) vis-à-vis Infrastructural and
capacity on Industrial development of their
climate change respective State
mitigation, (City/Town/District) & reflect on
adaptation, their analysis of the case in relation
impact reduction to the principles of law.
and early warning
OR

(2.4)Undertaking an Empirical
Study (using interview or
questionnaire method) on the
impact of industrial and
infrastructural activities on
Environment

3. (3.8)Universal (3.1)Discussing and Presentation on

health coverage, Medical Torts and Medical
including Negligence
financial risk
protection, access (3.2)Case Study on actual and
to quality reported cases on Medical
essential Negligence in a particular state
health-care (2018-2021);
services and
access to safe, OR
effective, quality
and affordable (3.3) Documenting (video or audio)
essential instances or cases on Medical
medicines and Negligence which people/families
vaccines for all may have faced at some point &
Goal 3: reflecting on their analysis of the

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 Good case in relation to the principles of 40
Health and law. (15+25)
Well-Being
OR (3.1 & 3.5=15
Marks)
(3.4) Scrutinizing the goal in the
context of Definition of Services (3.2 to 3.8=25
under the Consumer Protection Marks)
Law and analysing it with reference
to the actual reported/non-reported
cases of Deficiency of Services
under Consumer Law
(Skit/Documentary/Audio
Presentation)

(3.5)Discussion and Presentation on

Consumer Protection OR MV Act
(3.6)By 2020, and the mandate under it.
halve the number
of global deaths
and injuries from (3.6)Analysing the provisions under
road traffic the MV Act and relating it’s
accidents mandate to Life on Land (PPT or
Documentary or Skit) and sharing a
reflective note on their
understanding of the Law vis-a-vis
Goal 15

OR

(3.7)Documenting Cases on Tort of

Nuisance and Negligence reported
(both public and private)

OR

(3.8) Undertaking Case Studies on

actual cases of
Nuisance/Negligence torts
(public/private) in a specific
State/District/Locality/
Town/Village, etc.,

4. (4.1)Discussion and Presentation on

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 Consumer Protection Act 1986 and
2019

(4.2)Analysing the provisions of

Product Liability, Unfair and
Restrictive Trade Practices,
Consumer Beware, etc., and under
Consumer Protection Act 2019,
with reference to the Goal
Goal 12: 12.7 Promote Responsible Consumption and
Responsible public Production (PPT or Skit)
Consumptio procurement 40
n and practices that are OR (15+25)
Production sustainable, in
accordance with (4.3)Documenting as a Case Study (4.1=15
national policies provisions of Product Liability, Marks)
and priorities Unfair and Restrictive Trade
Practices, Consumer Beware, etc., (4.2 to 4.4=25
and under Consumer Protection Act Marks)
2019, with reference to the Goal
Responsible Consumption and
Production by studying an actual
recent reported case in a Court of
Law.

(4.4)Documenting Case Studies

after analysing ‘Production’ under
Definition of “Defect in Goods and
Deficiency in Services”; “Unfair
and Restrictive Trade Practices”
and studying cases of “Product
Liability and Manufacturer’s
Liability” with reference to recent
cases reported in this regard.

5.

6.1 By 2030, (5.1)Discussion and Presentation on

achieve universal Environmental Torts W.S.R. to
Goal 6: and equitable Access to Clean water 40
Clean Water access to safe and (15+25)
and affordable (5.2)Undertaking an Empirical
Sanitation drinking water for Study on the impact of industrial
all and infrastructural activities on (6.1=15

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 access to clean water to the Marks)
communities in a specific
6.3 By 2030, State/District/town/village (6.2 =25
improve water Marks)
quality by
reducing
pollution,
eliminating
dumping and
minimizing
release of
hazardous
chemicals and
materials, halving
the proportion of
untreated
wastewater and
substantially
increasing
recycling and safe
reuse globally
6. (6.1)Discussion and Presentation on
relation of Tort Law with Goal 9 40
(15+25)
(6.2)Analysis of public facilities
9.1 Develop under definition of Services under
quality, reliable, Consumer law with reference to (6.1=15
sustainable and law action suits in court of law. Marks)
resilient
Goal 9: infrastructure, OR (6.2 to 6.4=25
Industry, including regional Marks)
Innovation and transborder (6.3)Case study on Tortious liability
and infrastructure, to of State in regards to maintaining
Infrastructur support economic and sustaining cities in safe and
e development and sustainable manner (past 7 year
human data analysis).
well-being, with a
focus on OR
affordable and
equitable access (6.4)Making a documentary (either
for all; video or audio presentation)
showcasing the liability (if any) of
the State in incorporating the SDG
in their respective State.

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 Method adopted may either be
primary or secondary data

7. (7.1) Discussion and Presentation

on Idea of Distributive and
Retributive Justice in Law of Torts
under Remedies and Compensation
for Torts

(7.2) Case Studies on compensation 40

and justice aspect in law of torts (15+25)
cases

OR (7.1=15
Marks)
(7.3) Documentaries on
Goal 16: compensation cases in Medical (7.2 to 7.4=25
Peace Negligence, Climate Action and Marks)
Justice and State liability suits
Strong
Institutions OR

(7.4) Analysis of reported cases on

compensation and distributive
justice in law of torts in alignment
with Goal 16

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