Category: Tort

Liability for Dangerous Premises
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This article has been written by Niti Shah studying BLS/LLB from Pravin Gandhi College of  Law, University of Mumbai. INTRODUCTION Have you ever wondered that if there is any kind of liability of a person who is inviting someone to his premises?. Are there some precautions that a person is required to take if childrenRead More

Trespass to Land: Explained
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This article is written by Anushka Singh. She is a second-year student, pursuing BBA-LLB at Unitedworld School of Law, Karnavati University. This article aims to explain trespass to land under the tort law. INTRODUCTION Trespass can be defined as an unjustifiable interference or an act done with the intention to harm someone’s land. The actRead More

Eggshell Skull Theory in Tort
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This article is written by Akshaya V, a student at CMR University, School of Law and Legal Studies, Bangalore.  Synopsis  This article elucidates to understand the rule of the eggshell skull in tort and the basis on which the rule is applied with different attributes attached to it.  INTRODUCTION Erstwhile, there was no principle ofRead More

Law of Torts and Environment
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This Article is Written by Akanksha Chowdhury from Amity University Kolkata. The Article talks about the Law of Torts and its relationship with Environment Law along with some important case laws which portray the relationship between them.  INTRODUCTION Tort law in India is a relatively new common law which was developed to codify statutes includingRead More

Liquidated Damages and Unliquidated Damages: A brief Study
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This Article is written by Akanksha Chowdhury from Amity University Kolkata. The article talks about Liquidated and Unliquidated Damages along with various case laws dealing under it. It also talks about advantages which are there in both these damages along with provisions of breach. INTRODUCTION  At common law, damages are a remedy in the formRead More

Vicarious Liability in Case of Independent Contractor
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This article has been written by Shivani Kumari, a first-year law student of Lloyd law college. In this article, the author has researched an important field of tort- “Is the employer vicariously liable for the acts of the independent contractor” INTRODUCTION Whenever a person does or omits to do any act and if this actRead More

Bar of Limitation on Torts- A Check on the Right to Remedy
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This article is written by Siddhi P. Nagwekar, a student of Karnataka State Law University’s Law School. This article deliberates on The Bar of Limitation on Torts, what it entails, its relevance, and the related statutes in India, the US, and the UK. A brief idea on ‘Bar of Limitations’ Limitation means a legally specifiedRead More

Vicarious Liability between Master and Servant
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This article has been written by Niti Shah pursuing BLS/ LLB from Pravin Gandhi College of Law, University of Mumbai. INTRODUCTION A person is always responsible for his wrongful deeds and one does not take the responsibility for the wrong full deeds done by others. Where one person is responsible for the deeds done byRead More

Application of Tort Law in Domestic Disputes
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This article is written by Harshit Khandelwal, 2nd year Law student currently pursuing BBA-LL.B(Hons.) from Unitedworld School of Law, Karnavati University. In this article, the author discusses the concept of Torts to Domestic Relations.  Domestic Relation is a developing area of Tort Law dealing with the inner functions of a family. The evolution of DomesticRead More

De Minimis Non-Curat Lex
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In this article, Sagnik Chatterjee who is currently in IInd Year pursuing BA.LL.B, from Symbiosis Law School, Pune, discusses about the De Minimis Non-Curat Lex. Meaning of the maxim The principle De Minimis Non-Curat Lex finds it’s origin in the fifteenth century. The actual meaning of the Latin maxim is “law is not concerned with small things”.Read More