Lectures On Law Of Torts - Rule Of Strict Liability

Time and again Medical Negligence has become an area of concern. We cannot expect any kind of negligence from medical professionals. In this podcast, I have explained how Supreme Court of India has made a shift from Bolam to Bolitho test.

Generally students get confused between Natural Law School and Philosophical/Ethical School. An effort has been made to clarify the doubt.

Res Ipsa Loquitur is a Rule of Evidence. The other name that can be given to it is Circumstantial Evidence. In this podcast I am explaining how Supreme Court of India has used time and again this confusing term and have maintained a balance between direct and circumstantial evidence.

Analytical School has played an important role in codification of laws. How the school evolved and how Bentham's and James Mill's Utilitarian Principle played an important role in codification of laws in India, finally giving a title of True Utilitarian to Lord Macaulay.

Law and Morality is interwoven in such a way that sometimes it is so difficult to understand the relationship between them. I have tried to explain the concept with the help of Social Contract Theory.. Where in the Subjects (citizens) willingly give up/surrender their freedoms, rights to the State (Government) and in return seeks guarantee that State shall protect their life, property and Liberty.. When state abuses its power by passing draconian laws, punish its citizens for any unwarranted action against State, there is a breach of Morality, principles of Natural Justice..

Pursuits of profits have absolutely drained emerging entrepreneurs of any feeling for fellow human beings, and law seems to have been helpless, systematic defects. It is such instances which have led many people in this country to believe that disregard of law never pays and that the consequences of such disregard will never be visited upon them, particularly, if they are men with means.

Liabilty is a word used frequently in day to day life, but what it actually mean in Law. How the concept was evolved. What is No Fault and Fault Liability. The case of Ryland vs Fletcher throws a light upon the concept of liabilty. It differentiate between Fault and No Fault Liabilty and evolves a new principle based on No Fault Liability known as Strict liability.