Law Of Torts - Study Mode

[#596] Contributory negligence is a:
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(C) Defence

[#597] When two or more persons are responsible for common damage
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(C) While acting either independently or jointly, are called composite tort feasers

[#598] Which of the following legal propositions are correct? 1. A person can claim damages even if he has suffered no loss. 2. A person can claim damages for such wrongs which are caused intentionally. 3. A person can claim damages for a wrong if it is caused by infringement of his legal right. Which of the statement given above are correct?
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(C) 1 and 3

[#599] Although, prima facie and as a general rule, there must be a mind at fault before there can be a crime, it is not an inflexible rule, and a statute may relate to such a subject-matter and may be so framed as to make an act criminal whether there has been any intention to break the law or otherwise to do wrong, or not,' This was held in
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(C) R v. Tolson

[#600] "In the modern sense, the distinction between sovereign or non-sovereign power does not exist." In which case this statement was made in relation to 'Vicarious liability of the State'?
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(D) Nagendra Rao & Co. v. State of Andhra Pradesh, (1994) SCC 205