Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Law of Torts · August/September 2018
August/September 2018 · Law of Torts including Motor Vehicle Accidents and Consumer Protection Laws · Semester 1
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 YDC) I - Year I - Semester Examination, August / September 2018
Subject: LAW
PAPER - IV: LAW OF TORTS INCLUDING MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS
Time: 3 Hours | Max. Marks: 80 (code not visible in this excerpt)
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks) — Answer any five of the following.
1. Product Liability.
2. Consumer.
3. Res Ipsa Loquitur.
4. Volenti non fit injuria.
5. Mistake of Fact.
6. Private Defence.
7. Sovereign function.
8. Fault.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks) — Answer any two of the following.
9. Discuss the Development of Torts in England and India.
10. Explain the principles for establishing vicarious liability.
11. Discuss the essential ingredients to establish the tort of negligence.
12. Discuss the salient features of the Consumer Protection Act of 1986.
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks) — Answer any two of the following.
13. The driver of an Omnibus allowed the conductor to drive the bus and in so doing the conductor
injured a pedestrian, who was walking alongside the road. Discuss the liability of the conductor.
14. 'Y' was traveling by Railway. While crossing of another train, his elbow at the window was
injured. Are Railways liable?
15. Two strangers voluntarily took a lift in a Jeep and were injured and one of them subsequently
died due to accident caused because the right wheel's axel was detached and led to the accident. Is
the owner of the Jeep liable for the death and injuries?
16. 'X' a carpenter working in a shed, negligently lighted the pipe, which caused fire to property of
master. Whether 'X' is liable or not.