When someone, such as a contractor, who is laying down a severage line or an individual who is constructing his house, digs a tench on a public way, it is public nuisance causing interference in the use of the public way. X, a social worker, files a petition for the removal of the nuisance by getting the trench filled in and claims a compensation of rupees one lakh.
A. X will succeed as it is public interest litigation but he will not be entitled to any compensation
B. X will succeed and also be entitled to compensation
C. X will not succeed as it is a public nuisance and only Advocate General can sue
D. X will succeed as his petition is in general public interest
Answer: Option C
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The 'tort of intimidation' was propounded in
A. Winterbottom v. Wright
B. Pasley v. Freeman
C. Winsmore v. Greenbank
D. Rookes v. Barnard
The maxim 'scienti non fit injuria' means
A. Where there is no fault, there is no remedy
B. Mere knowledge does not imply consent to take risk
C. Mere giving consent does not imply to take risk
D. Scientific knowledge is not enough to cause injury
A. Scott v. London & St. Katharine Docks Co.
B. Hedley Byrne Co. Ltd. v. Heller & Partners
C. Derry v. Peek
D. Cann v. Willson
A. Section 82 of the Evidence Act
B. Section 102 of the Evidence Act
C. Section 122 of the Evidence Act
D. Section 124 of the Evidence Act
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