There are certain limitations to the application of the above maxim. The limitations are as follows:- (1) No consent, leave or license can legalise an unlawful act. (2)...
Harm suffered voluntarily does not constitute a legal injury and is not actionable. This principle is embodied in the maxim volenti non fit injuria (where the sufferer is...
Indian Coast Guard Ship C-402, the second of the series of 36 Interceptor boats designed and built by L&T, Surat was commissioned at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai 30...
Generally the maxim volenti non fit injuria does not apply to cases of negligence, to cover a case of negligence the defence on the basis of the maxim...
The maxim, be it observed, is not ‘scienti non fit injuria’ but ‘volenti’. Knowledge is not a conclusive defence in itself. But when it is knowledge under circumstances...
An action of slander may be maintained, without proof of special damage,in following cases:- If a criminal offence (not necessarily an indictable offence) be imputed to exclude the...
In Jay Laxmi Salt Works Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Gujarat Justice Sahai observed that entire law of torts is founded and structured on morality that no one...
The expression “measure of damages” means the scale or rule by reference to which the amount of damages to be recovered is, in any given case, to be...
General defences are the rules of immunity which limit the rules of liability in tort. These are various conditions which, when present, will prevent an act from being...
