FALSE IMPRISONMENT AND MALICIOUS PROSECUTIONI. FALSE IMPRISONMENTFalse imprisonment, in simple terms, is the detention and restraint of a person that is not authorised by law. It is not necessary that imprisonment must be in jail. In Collins v. Wilco ..
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CONSUMERRights Right to Safety- Right to be protected against the marketing of goods and services, which are hazardous to life and property. Right to Information- Right to be informed about the quality, quantity, purity, price, a ..
A) VICARIOUS LIABILITYIn some cases, a person may be held liable for acts committed by others. In the case of vicarious liability, both the persons at whose behest the act is done, as well as the person who does the act, are liable. It is a type of s ..
Strict Liability and Absolute LiabilityIntroductionGenerally, a person is liable for his own wrongful acts and one does not incur any liability for the acts done by others. In certain cases, the liability of one person for the act done by another per ..
NUISANCENuisance is the wrong committed by a person by unlawfully interfering with another person’s enjoyment of property or exercise of a lawful right. Any act that disturbs the comfort, health, or safety of a person is nuisance. In Ratanlal & ..
IntroductionThe second part of the “General Defences” under the law of tort deals with the defences of certain authorities which includes parental, quasi parental, authorities of necessity, statutory authority, etc. The law of torts makes ..
IntroductionUnder the law of tort, there is a topic called “General Defences” which provides a set of defences that a person can undertake to escape liability. So when the plaintiff brings an action for tort, the defendant can plead for t ..
Key Takeaways Cryptocurrency or crypto can be defined as a collection of binary data which is designed to work as a medium of exchange. The rise in the popularity of cryptocurrencies and their adoption by financial institutions has led some governmen ..
We saw how just recently on October 27, 2021, the Supreme Court commenced hearing on the batch of petitions that were concerned with the interpretation of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Kapil Sibal who is an eminent and senior lawyer ..
To sum it up, it is thus manifestly clear in this notable judgment that offences under special statutes including SC/ST Act can also be quashed by exercising powers under Article 142 of the Constitution or Section 482 of the CrPC. ..
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