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Question 116 Legal Reasoning 2015 Medium MCQ +1.00 marks · -0.25 negative

The questions consist of two statements, one labeled as PRINCIPLE and the other as FACT. You are to examine the principle and apply it to the given facts carefully and select the best option. PRINCIPLE: Nuisance as a tort (civil wrong) means an unlawful interference with a person's use or enjoyment of land, or some right over, or in connection with it. FACT: During the scarcity of onions, long queues were made outside the defendant's shop, who, having a license to sell fruits and vegetables, used to sell only 1 kg of onion per ration card. The queues extended on to the highway and also caused some obstruction to the neighbouring shops. The neighbouring shopkeepers brought an action for nuisance against the defendant.

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