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    LAW108:LAW OF TORTS INCLUDING CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT AND MOTOR

    VEHICLE ACT
    L:4 T:1 P:0 Credits:5

    Course Outcomes: Through this course students should be able to

    CO1 :: interpret the term tort as a civil wrong and compare it with other civil wrongs

    CO2 :: identify the general and specific defenses

    CO3 :: evaluate the factors leading to tort of negligence and nuisance

    CO4 :: categorize the principles of tortious liability

    CO5 :: assess the provisions of Consumer Protection Act, 2019

    CO6 :: examine the provisions of Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 and Amendment Act, 2022

    Unit I
    Torts meaning and introduction : meaning of torts, essentials, injuria sine damno, damnum sine
    injuria, cyber torts
    Unit II
    General defences : volenti non fit injuria, other defences

    Defamation : meaning, difference between libel and slander, essentials of defamation, defences

    Unit III
    Negligence : essentials of negligence, res ipsa loquitor, contributory and composite negligence

    Nuisance : meaning and essentials of nuisance, difference between public and private nuisance,
    defences in nuisance
    Unit IV
    Vicarious Liability : meaning and instances of vicarious liability, doctrine of common employment,
    meaning of state's vicarious liability, instances of state's vicarious liability
    Strict and absolute liability : meaning and instances of strict liability, meaning and instances of
    absolute liability
    Unit V
    Consumer Protection Act : meaning, need for the amendment to Consumer Protection Act 1986,
    changes incorporated in the Consumer Protection Act 2019, essential provisions of consumer
    protection Act, 2019, consumer grievance redressal mechanism, consumer protection councils, central
    consumer protection authority, consumer disputes redressal commission, product liability, offenses
    and penalties, mediation
    Unit VI
    Motor Vehicle Act : no fault liability, fault liability, insurers liability, insurance of motor vehicles,
    claims tribunal, essential provisions under Amendment Act 2022

    Text Books:
    1. LAW OF TORTS by R.K. BANGIA, ALLAHABAD LAW AGENCY

    References:
    1. INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW OF TORTS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION by AVTAR SINGH
    AND HARPREET KAUR, LEXISNEXIS BUTTERWORTHS WADHWA
    2. THE LAW OF TORTS by RATAN LAL, DHIRAJ LAL, LEXISNEXIS BUTTERWORTHS WADHWA

    3. P.S.A. PILLAI'S LAW OF TORT by AVTAR SINGH, EASTERN BOOK COMPANY

    4. TORTS by WINFIELD AND JOLOWICZ ON TORT, SWEET & MAXWELL

    5. LAW OF TORTS by DR. S.R. MYNENI, Asia Law House

    6. LAW OF TORTS & CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT AND COMPENSATION UNDER MOTOR
    VEHICLE ACT by M. N. SHUKLA, CENTRAL LAW AGENCY
    7. LAW OF TORTS CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT by DR S. K. KAPOOR, CENTRAL LAW
    AGENCY

    Session 2024-25 Page:1/2


    References: 8. LAW OF TORTS by B.M. GANDHI, EASTERN BOOK COMPANY

    9. TORT LAW by NICHOLAS J MCBRIDE AND RODERICK BAGSHAW, EASTERN BOOK


    COMPANY
    10. LAW OF CONSUMER PROTECTION– ADVOCACY AND PRACTICE by ANIRBAN
    CHAKRABORTY, LEXIS NEXIS
    11. QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE SERIES: THE LAW OF TORTS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
    ACT by DEEPU KRISHNA, LEXIS NEXIS

    Session 2024-25 Page:2/2

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