PRINCIPLE Nuisance as a tort civil wrong means an unlawful interference with a person rsquo s use or...........

Legal Concepts Law of Torts

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 neighboring shops. The neighboring shopkeepers brought an action for nuisance against the defendant.

The defendant is liable for nuisance.

The defendant is not liable for nuisance.

The defendant was liable under the principle of strict liability.

The plaintiff suit should be decreed in his favour.

Explanation:

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As such the underlying logic could be that the onions seller must make sure that his customers do not obstruct the other shopkeepers.