Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Law of Torts · April/May 2022
April/May 2022 · 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, April / May 2022
Subject: LAW
PAPER - IV: LAW OF TORTS INCLUDING MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT AND CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS
Code: D-12467 | Time: 3 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks) — Answer any five of the following.
1. Fault as a liability.
2. Sovereign functions.
3. Mistake of fact.
4. Damages.
5. Nuisance.
6. Vis major.
7. Resipsa loquitor.
8. Consumer.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks) — Answer any two of the following.
9. What is Tort? Discuss the essential elements of tortious liability.
10. Discuss with examples the liability of a master for the wrongful acts of his servants.
11. State the various kinds of judicial and extrajudicial remedies that are available to the plaintiff
who has suffered an injury.
12. Who is a Consumer? Explain the objectives of the Consumer Protection Act.
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks) — Answer any two of the following.
13. The plaintiff's and defendant's dogs were fighting. The defendant was beating them in order to
separate them, and the plaintiff was looking. Defendant accidentally hit plaintiff's eye causing
severe injury. Is defendant liable for damage?
14. 'A' has given some amount and cheque to his neighbour, who was an employee of the bank, for
depositing in the A's account. But the friend, instead of depositing in the A's account,
misappropriated it. Is the bank liable?
15. 'X' a carpenter working in a shed, negligently lighted the pipe, which caused fire to the property
of master. Whether 'X' is liable or not.
16. X was admitted in a Government hospital for a minor surgery, and due to negligence of Doctor
and Staff, he became paralytic. He wants to file a case against the hospital. Advise him.