TORT

PRESENTED BY-
PRIYA
RISHABH
RACHITA
SAURABH
SANJAY
 Definition Of Tort 

• Tort may be defined as a civil wrong which is

redressible by an action for unliquidated
damages and which is other than a mere
breach of contract or breach of trust. Torts are
civil wrongs resulting in personal injury or
harm that constitutes grounds for a lawsuit.
 What Is Tort Law?

• Tort law addresses conflicts between private

individuals or entities (e.g. pharmaceutical
company) and ultimately serves a two fold
purpose:
1. To ensure that the injured or aggrieved party
receives compensation for their damages, and, 
2. To deter(prevent or discourages) others
from committing the same or similar harms.
• Who is Plaintiff and defendant? Complaining
one and defending one……
• Define NEGLIGENCE: breach of duty to be
careful…
• Things to be proved in negligence:
- There was some duty .
- Defendant doesn’t perform that duty.
- Plaintiff got some harm due to that
• A. Tort And Crime

• A tort is a civil wrongdoing for which the person committing

the tort may have to pay compensatory or punitive damages
to the party who suffered some type of injury as a result of
the tort. Torts are brought to court by the injured party.
A crime is a criminal wrongdoing prohibited by
the government
for which the person committing the crime may be sentenced
to jail or be fined. The government initiates the presecution for
a crime.
• A person who punches another another person
commits both a tort and a crime. The puncher will
be liable to the punchee for compensatory damages
for pain and suffering and possibly for punitive
damages as well. The puncher will also be subject to
arrest and conviction for the crime of assult and may
be sentenced to jail or have to pay a fine. All for the
same punch.
• Tort vs Contract
• Contract law is based on an enforceable
agreement. Breaches of the agreement cause the
damage. eg. Selling a faulty car
• Tort law is usually focused on for seeable
negligence causing damages. Eg. driving while
drunk and hitting someone.
• (i) ‘Injuria Sine Damno’
injuria-Legal injury
sine -without
damnum – damages
• Means “injury without damages”.
• ‘Damnum sine injuria’
• Means Damages without violation of any
right
• Case – Gloucester Grammer School
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