TORTS

Volenti non fit injuria

Halls v Brooklands Auto Racing Co

Murray v Harringay Arena

Vine v London Borough of waltham forest

KNOWLEDGE OF THE RISK IS NOT SAME AS THE CONSENT OF RISK

Smith v Charles Baker case worker at cons site

Haynes v Harwood

Cutler v United Dairies

Baker v T E

VIS MAJOR

Nicholus v Marshland

Greenock Corp. v. Caledonian Railway Co.

Manindra Nath Mukharjee v Mathurdas Chatturbuj

Ramalinga Nadar Vs. Narayana Reddiar

Inevitable Accident

Stanley V Powell

Brown v Kendall

Shridhar v UPSRTC

S Vedantacharya v HDSA

A Krishna Patra V Orissa State electricity Board

Bird v Holbrook

Morris V Nugent
Necessity

Surocco v Geary

Olga tellis v BMC

Judicial or Quasi judicial Acts

judicial official protection act,1850

Sailjanand Pandey v Suresh Chandra Gupta

State of UP v Tulsi Ram

Statutory Authority

Hammer smith rail co v Brand

Ram Gulam v Government of the United Province

Plaintiff is the wrongdoer

Ashton vs Turner

Mistake

Arrest and False imprisonment

Parental & Quasi

R V Newport

The Liberalisation of Locus Standi in Public Interest Litigation

Private injury to others

SP Gupta V UOI
Chairman of railway boad v Chandrima Das
NHRC v Arunachal Pradesh
Injury to the public and specific injury
Charan lal Sahu v UOI
Who cannot sue ?
Alien enemy
Husband & Wife
Foreign State
Insolvent
Convict
Cooperation

FS
Mirza Ali Akbar v UAR
Alien enemy
Johnstone v Pedler
Convict
Criminal Justice Act 1948
Sunil Batra V Delhi Admistration
Smt Kewal Pati V State of UP
Husband and Wife
Married Woman Property Act
Law Reforms Act

Who cannot be sued ?

Foreign Sovereigns
Infants
Parental & Quasi
Executive authority
Trade unions
insane
ambassadors
Cooperation
Married woman

Section 86 of CPC
Minor- Sec 10 11 of ica1872
Walmsley v. Humenick ditinue
Ballet v Mingay
Cooperation
T pillai v Mc

Parental and Quasi Parental

Parents Forum and Meaningful Education v. Union of India AIR 2001 Del 212

Vicarious liability
DharangadharaChemicalWorksLtd.v.StateofSaurashtra
Lee Ting Sang v Chung Chi-Keung healt ins
Cassidy v. Ministry of Health doctor held for magamnt on hospital
Savita Garg v.Director National Heart Institute

course of action and authorization

AnitaBhandariv.UnionofIndia bank case of fire

PushpabaiPurshottamUdeshi v. RanjitGinning & Pressing Co. Pvt.
Ltd. Driver caused accident

Not so course of action

General Engineering Services Ltd. v. Kingston and Saint Andrew Corporation fire
man
Beard v. London General Omnibus Co. Conductor as driver
SitaramMotilalKalalv. SantanuprasadJaishankarBhatt, taxi RTO

Liability of Master for Unauthorized acts of the Servant

StateofMaharashtrav.KanchanmalaVijaysingShirke driver
drunk

Smithv.Stages liable in the course of work if transportation is provided

Mersey Docks and HarbourBoard v. Cogginsand Griffiths

servent in ship yard
Rajasthan State Road Transport Corp. v. KailashNathKothari,
bus accident

Century Insurance Co. v. Northern Ireland R.T. Board, match box

lit petrol
Limpusv.LondonGeneralOmnibusCo. Bus race

StateBankofIndiav.ShyamaDevi bank employee fraud

DISCHARGE IN TORTS

Waiver Acquiescence Release Statutes of limitation Accord and

satisfaction Death

Waiver

Where a person has more then one remedy for the same wrong and he elects to
pursue one of them, giving up the other remedies, the other remedies are taken to be
waived.

Acquiescence

Not to enforce right where a person a knowing that he is entitled to the the right and
neglect to do so for a length of time

Death

exp
1 Breach of Contract
2 wrongful use of another property

REMEDIES IN TORT
Judicial Remedies

1 Damages- Nominal, Contemptuous, Real, Exemplary, Prospective

2 Injunction
3 SRP

Extra Judicial Remedies

1 Expulsion of trespasser
2 Re entry on land
Hemmings v Stoke Poges Golf Club
3 Reception of goods
4 Distress of damage feasant
5 Abatement of nuisance