Principle: Damages the money recompense, as far as money can do, for the loss suffered by a person. Facts: A, an Indian citizen, having a right to vote, was not allowed to cast his vote on the polling booth, by the returning officer. Name of A was mentioned in the voter's list. A has also reported at the polling booth in time. However, the candidate in whose favor A would have cast his vote won the election. A filed a suit claiming damages.

Principle: An employer is liable for an injury caused to an employee in the course of the employment. Facts: A and B were working in a factory as unskilled laborers. A was carrying a basket of stones on his head. B was sitting on the ground. When A crossed B, all of a sudden a st…

Principle: When a party to a contract has refused to perform, or disabled himself from performing, his promise in its entirety, the other party shall not put an end to the contract. Facts: A engaged B on April 12 to enter his service on June 1, but on May 11, A wrote to B that hi…

Principle: Whoever by words publishes any imputation concerning any person is said to defame that person. Facts: During a marriage ceremony, A circulated a pamphlet saying sister of the bride S is a thief, she has stolen the shoes of the bridegroom.

Principle: Everyone shall be permitted to take advantage of his own wrong. Facts: A legatee was heavily drunk and driving his car at a speed of 100 Km/per hour in a crowded market. All of a sudden his testator came on the road. There were other people on the road at that time. Th…

Principle: Whoever attempts to commit the offence of cheating, commits an offence. Facts: A with an intention to defraud B, obtains from him an amount of Rs. 500.

Principle: Property can be transferred only by a living person to another living person. Facts: A transfers property of which he is the owner in favor of the unborn child of B.

Principle: Mere silence as to facts likely to affect the decision of a person to enter into a contract is not fraud. Facts: A sells to B (A's daughter who is a minor) a horse which A knows to be unsound. A says nothing to B about the unsoundness of the horse.

Principle: An interest created, dependent upon a condition fails, if the fulfillment of the condition is impossible. Facts: A promises to pay Rs. Ten Lakh to B on condition that he shall marry A's daughter C. At the date on which A gave Rs. Ten Lac to B, C was dead.