LAW OF TORTS
● One fine day, you are walking on a road and suddenly you fell on a manhole, where will
you lodge the complaint?
● What if someone throws water on you, what will your recourse be?
● What if your neighbour throws garbage in your garden?
● You are sitting in a class and if someone pulls your chair, What will your course of action
will be?
● Giving wrong information about someone, which will damage their reputation, at that
time what will be the course of action taken?
● A statement that a lady has given birth to a child if the lady was unmarried.
The above given are some examples of the torts
EVOLUTION OF LAW OF TORTS IN INDIA:
● English law of torts is based on the principles of common law.
● It was made suitable to the Indian conditions in accordance with the principles of justice,
equity and good conscience.
NATURE :
● Latin Term- Tortum which means something wrong, crooked or to twist.
● “A conduct which is not straight or lawful, but, on the other hand twisted, crooked, or
unlawful”
● English Term- Wrong
● Wrong can be classified into two types. They are,
❖ Public Wrong - Acts tried in criminal courts and are punishable under penal law.
❖ Private Wrong - Acts against an individual person or a person within a community and
are tried in civil courts.
● A person who commits a tort is known as tortfeasor, or a wrongdoer.
● When they are more than one they are called as joint tortfeasor. They are jointly and
severally liable.
● And their wrong doing is called as tortious act.
OBJECTIVES :
To determine the rights between parties to dispute.
● One fine day, you are walking on a road and suddenly you fell on a manhole, where will
you lodge the complaint?
● What if someone throws water on you, what will your recourse be?
● What if your neighbour throws garbage in your garden?
● You are sitting in a class and if someone pulls your chair, What will your course of action
will be?
● Giving wrong information about someone, which will damage their reputation, at that
time what will be the course of action taken?
● A statement that a lady has given birth to a child if the lady was unmarried.
The above given are some examples of the torts
EVOLUTION OF LAW OF TORTS IN INDIA:
● English law of torts is based on the principles of common law.
● It was made suitable to the Indian conditions in accordance with the principles of justice,
equity and good conscience.
NATURE :
● Latin Term- Tortum which means something wrong, crooked or to twist.
● “A conduct which is not straight or lawful, but, on the other hand twisted, crooked, or
unlawful”
● English Term- Wrong
● Wrong can be classified into two types. They are,
❖ Public Wrong - Acts tried in criminal courts and are punishable under penal law.
❖ Private Wrong - Acts against an individual person or a person within a community and
are tried in civil courts.
● A person who commits a tort is known as tortfeasor, or a wrongdoer.
● When they are more than one they are called as joint tortfeasor. They are jointly and
severally liable.
● And their wrong doing is called as tortious act.
OBJECTIVES :
To determine the rights between parties to dispute.
