Vicariouis Liability and Article 21

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Vicariouis Liability and Article 21

I take this opportunity to express my gratitude and personal regards

to Mrs. Stelina jolly for inspiring and guiding me during the course

of this project work.

I also owe my sincere thanks to the library staff, National Law

University for the cooperation and facility extended from time to time

during the progress of my project work.

And last but not the least I must give my humblest gratitude to my

parents and my friends for their support and encouragement.

[GOPAL BOSE]

OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY

OBJECTIVES:

1: TO FIND OUT AND STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VICARIOUS

LIABILITY AND ARTICLE 21

2: TO DRAW UP THE BASIC TRENDS BY ANALYSING VARIOUS CASES

METHODOLOGY

THE BASIC METHODOLOGY ADOPTED TO PREPARE THIS RESEARCH IS DEDUCTIVE

THAT IS TO STUDY VARIOUS CASES, TO ANALYSE THE LAWS IN THE SAME TOPIC

AND UNDERSTAND THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE TO DRAW A GENERAL CONCLUSION.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1:………………………………..INTRODUCTION

2:………………………………..RELATION

3:………………………………..CASE ANALYSIS

4:………………………………..CONCLUSION

5:………………………………..ANNEXURE

6:………………………………..BIBLIOGRAPHY

INTRODUCTION

In India the punishments for crimes has occupied the system than the

compensation for wrong. Therefore the idea of torts has come a bit

late but now it is well established in India.[1]Infact tort is a wide

concept in law and a continuous process. New concepts keep on

indulging in it. The very concept of 'vicarious liability under

article 21' is new one. It is emerging as an indispensable part of

law. Article 21 provides the right to life and personal liberty, in a

very broad sense, and vicarious liability deals with providing the

compensation to injured, by the master for the wrong committed by his

servant. so basically we can say that it is a merging of

constitutional law with law of torts .In order with far reaching

consequences, the Supreme Court of India has extended the scope of

article 21 of the Indian Constitution (protection of life and personal

liberty ) to foreign nationals visiting India.

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