Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Topics of Law

Question:
The tort of strict liability will be applicable in which of the following case (s)?
Options:
The defendant possesses an animal with a known and unusual dangerous tendency, say a dog that bites other person.
In the case of the defendant possessing a bull that harms the claimant.
Both 1 and 2
Neither of the above.
Correct Answer:
The defendant possesses an animal with a known and unusual dangerous tendency, say a dog that bites other person.
Explanation:
If the defendant possesses an animal with a known and unusual dangerous tendency, say a dog that bites, the defendant is strictly liable for the harm resulting from the dangerous tendency of the dog. But in the case of the defendant possessing a bull that harms the claimant is not strictly liable as the act of the bull is considered as, not unusual, rather a normal dangerous tendency