What is defamation? Defamation can be explained as damaging someone’s good reputation. Therefore any person who commits an act that may damage the reputation of a person can be said to have committed defamation. Reputation can be termed as the opinions that others hold towards a person. Reputation is aContinue Reading
Introduction Any civil wrong for which the law provides a remedy is referred to as a tort. Torts compensate people and property for injuries caused by someone else’s negligence. Essentially implying, a tort is a civil wrong independent of a contract where the only remedy available is in the formContinue Reading
Name of the case Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company v. Secretary of State for India. Equivalent Citation (1861) 5 Bom. H.C.R. App. I,p.1 Bench Peacock C.J, Jackson J, Wells J Relevant Section Section 65 of the Government of India Act, 1858 Relevant Act Government of India Act, 1858. FactsContinue Reading
The present article is written by Sanjana Suman from Amity Law School, Amity University Jharkhand Ranchi. Introduction The legal term Res Ipsa Loquitor means “the item speaks for itself.” It is a well-known notion in tort law; it is circumstantial or indirect evidence that infers negligence from the nature ofContinue Reading
This article is written by Sonam Sanjay Pandey, a student of DY Patil Deemed to be University School of Law, Navi Mumbai. Through this Article the author tends to analyse the details of the maxim “Volenti Non-Fit Injuria” and its application under law of torts. Definition Volenti Non-Fit Injuria fromContinue Reading
This article is written by K.Lasya Charitha pursuing BALLB in Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam. In this article, the researcher discusses the meaning, types of Injunctions, and few case laws related to injunction. INTRODUCTION Any appeal to the courts without remedy is futile. Anyone who goes to court forContinue Reading
This article is written by Vishrut Gupta, a student of Lloyd Law College. This article aims to explain to the readers about the connection between the Covid 19 on-going crisis and the rising scope application of Torts Law in today’s time. INTRODUCTION In today’s time, if anything left to beContinue Reading
Vanshika Arora, is a first-year B.A.LL.B student at the Army Institute of Law, Mohali. This article intends to briefly describe the history, evolution and development of Labour Laws in India. INTRODUCTION Labor laws, also called employment laws are a domain of laws that deals with the relationship of the employeeContinue Reading
This article is authored by Sanskriti Goel, a 1st year law student from Chanderprabhu Jain College of Higher Studies and School of law, GGSIPU. This article discusses the various definitions and evolution of law of torts. Origin of the term ‘Tort’ The word ‘tort’ is French equivalent of the EnglishContinue Reading
This is authored by Janaki Nair a 3rd year B.A LLB student in Symbiosis Law School Pune. The following article revolves around the topic of the law of Torts and how ‘inevitable accident’ serves as a valid defense on that topic. INTRODUCTION One of the many instances in which theContinue Reading