In petrol engines, a carburetor is employed to mix air and fuel supply system in the desired ratio. But in diesel engines, air alone is compressed in the cylinder. The high pressure is about 35 to 40bar and the temperature of this air after compression is about 600°C. At the end of compression stroke, the
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In an action for negligence, the plaintiff has to prove the following essentials of negligence : That the defendant owed duty of care to the plaintiff; The defendant made a breach of that duty; The plaintiff suffered damage as a consequence thereof. Duty of care to the plaintiff It means a legal duty rather than
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Breach of duty means non-observance of due care which is required in a particular situation. What is the standard of care required? The standard is that of a reasonable man or of an ordinarily prudent man. If the defendant has acted like a reasonably prudent man, there is no negligence. As stated by Alderson B.
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The jurisprudential concept of negligence defies any precise definition. Eminent jurists and leading judgments it is said have assigned various meanings to negligence. The Apex Court in Jacob Mathew V. State of Punjab, observed : “Negligence is the breach of a duty caused by the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by
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