1. Rani ran to a well stating that she would jump into it, and she started running towards the well but she was caught before she could reach it. (CLAT 2015)

2. Legal Principle: The occupier of a premise owes a duty of care to all his invitees and visitors.
Factual Situation: Lalit was running a dairy from his house. People used a part of his farm as shortcut to get to a nearby railway station. Lalit who did not approve of this, put up a notice that 'Trespassers will be prosecuted'. However since a number of these people were also his customers, he tolerated them. One day a person who was using this short cut was attacked by a bull belonging to the farm. The injured person filed a suit against him. (AILET 2015)
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3. Legal Principle: Every agreement in restraint of the marriage of any person, other than a minor, is void.
Factual Situation: Qadir Khan died in a road accident. Two co-widows, Sultana and Marjina enter into an agreement that if any of them will remarry, would forfeit her right to her share in the deceased husband's property. (CLAT 2013)

4. Principle: Master is liable for the acts of his servant done in the course of his duties. Facts: X hired an employee Y in his construction business. Y was the property in-charge who received construction material and gave receipts for the material received by him. Z claimed payment for cement supplied to X which was duly received by Y. X denied the payment on the ground that he has only received half of the material and the balance was misutilized by the employee Y. (CLAT 2019)

5. Legal Principle: A gift comprising both existing and future property is void as to the latter.
Factual Situation: X has a house which is owned by him. He contracted to purchase a plot of land adjacent to the said house, but the sale (of the plot of land) in his favour is yet to be completed. He makes a gift of both the properties (house and land) to Y. Under the aforementioned circumstances, which of the following derivations is correct? (CLAT 2014)

6. Legal Principle: A master shall be liable for the fraudulent acts of his servants committed in the course of employment. However, the master and third parties must exercise reasonable care in this regard.
Factual Situation: Rahul was a door to door salesman with United Manufacturing Company (the Company). The Company was manufacturing Water Purifiers. Rahul, along with the Company's products, used to carry Water Purifiers manufactured by his Cousin in a local Industrial Estate. He used to sell the local product at a lower rate giving the impression to the buyers that he is offering a discount on the Company's product. The Company Management detected the fraudulent activity of Rahul and dismissed him from service. Rahul still continued to carry on with his activity of selling the local product pretending that he was still a salesman of the Company. Several customers got cheated in this process. The fraud was noticed by the Company when the customers began to complain about the product. The customers demanded the Company to compensate their loss. (CLAT 2017)

7. 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. (CLAT 2019)

8. Legal Principle: The state shall make special laws for the upliftment of citizens of the country, and these laws can be made for the benefit of any specific caste, class or sex of people living in the society.
Factual Situation: The state of Hindu Pradesh comes out with a law, which provided for reservation to Muslims in all government and government aided institutions. This law is challenged in the High Court of Hindu Pradesh, as being arbitrary and contrary to the established laws. Can the challenge be successful? (AILET 2015)
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9. Assertion (A): The Council of Ministers at the Centre is collectively responsible both to the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Reason (R): The members of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are eligible to be ministers of the Union government. (CLAT 2015)

10. Principle: Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence. Nothing is an offence which is done in madness. Facts: A, under the influence of madness, attempts to kill B. B to save his life kills A. (CLAT 2019)

11. Factual Situation: M G Ltd. was constructing Crystal Heights, a posh state-of-the-art tower for commercial and residential purposes, in Gurugram. During construction, hundreds of claimants alleged that, in addition to dust and noise caused by the erection of the building, their television signals had been interrupted by the tower. The claimants, some of whom were absolute owners, and many others who were renting, sued in both negligence and in nuisance for the harm done to their amenity by the loss of their television signals. Whether the respondent's action in causing the appellant's television signals to be interrupted with the construction of their tower could constitute a private nuisance? (AILET 2018)

12. Legal Principles: 1. A person is liable for his negligence when he owed a duty of care to others and commits a breach of that duty causing injury thereby. 2. Volenti non fit injuria is defence to negligence.
Factual Situation: Anil and his wife, Reena, were in a shop as customers, where a skylight in the roof of the shop was broken, owing to the negligence of the contractors engaged in repairing the roof, and a portion of the glass fell and struck Anil causing him a severe shock. Reena, who was standing close to him, was not touched by the falling glass, but, reasonably believing her husband to be in danger, she instinctively clutched his arm, and tried to pull him from the spot. In doing this, she strained her leg in such a way as to bring about a recurrence of thrombosis. Anil and Reena are claiming compensation for their injuries which were caused due to the negligence of the shop owners. The shop owners are denying liability on the grounds of volenti non fit injuria. The defence of volenti non fit injuria (AILET 2018)

13. Principle: A condition must be complied in order to claim the benefit of an agreement. Facts: A agrees to transfer a farm to B, if B shall not go to England within three years after the date of the agreement, his interest in the farm shall cease. B does not go to England within the term prescribed. (CLAT 2019)

14. Legal Principle: Agreements in restraint of trade are void and unenforceable. Fact Situation: Manu has been working as a blacksmith in his village for many decades. Somu has been undergoing training with him for the past three years. After his training is over, Somu enters into an agreement with Manu that he will not start a competing business in the same village while Manu is alive. Which of the following statements is the most appropriate in relation to the legal principle stated above? (CLAT 2018)

15. Legal Principle: Under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923, an employer is liable to pay compensation to his workmen for injuries sustained by them by an accident arising out of and in the course of employment.
Factual Situation: M, the Manager of SRK Industries asked his secretary S to submit a report at the Government Labour Office. 'S' submitted the report as directed. On his way back S met one of his class mates. He then decided to have a cup of tea together on a way side restaurant. Some time later, 'S' got a message from his office to report back as it was long time since he left the office. 'S' rushed back on his Motor Cycle.On his way back a Truck which was coming from a side road hit 'S'. He was admitted in a nearby hospital with multiple injuries. He claims compensation under the Employees Compensation Act from his employer. (CLAT 2017)

16. Legal Principle: 1. Whoever causes death by doing an act with the intention of causing death or with the intention of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death or with the knowledge that he is likely by such act to cause death commits the offence of culpable homicide. 2. Mens rea and actus reus must concur to result in a crime which is punishable by the law.
Factual Situation: A and B went for shooting. A knows Z to be behind a bush. B does not know it. A induces B to fire at the bush. B fires and kills Z. Has an offence been committed? (AILET 2015)
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17. Legal Principle: When one person signifies to another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything, with a view to obtaining the assent of that other to such act or abstinence, he is said to make a proposal.
Factual Situation: Ramanuj telegrammed to the Shyamsunder, writing: 'Will you sell me your Rolls Royce car? Telegram the lowest cash price'. Shyamsunder replied, too by telegram: 'Lowest price for car is ` 20 lakhs'. Ramanuj immediately sends his consent thorough telegram stating: 'I agree to buy the car for ` 20 lakhs asked by you'. Now Shyamsunder refused to sell the car. (CLAT 2015)

18. Legal Principle: Whoever, being legally bound to furnish information on any subject to any public servant, as such, furnishes, as true, information on the subject which he knows or has reason to believe to be false, has committed a punishable offence of furnishing false information.
Factual Situation: Sawant, a landholder, knowing of the commission of a murder within the limits of his estate, willfully misinforms the magistrate of the district that the death has occurred by accident in consequence of the bite of a snake. (CLAT 2014)

19. Legal Principle: Only Parliament or State Legislatures have the authority to enact laws on their own. No law made by the state can take away a person's fundamental right.
Factual Situation: Parliament enacted a law, which according to a group of lawyers is violating the fundamental rights of traders. A group of lawyers files a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of the statute seeking relief to quash the statute and further direct Parliament to enact a new law. (AILET 2015)
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20. Legal Principle: No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law and Civil Courts have coercive powers to compel attendance of witness only within its local territory.
Factual Situation: Puchu, a resident of Faridabad was summoned by the Delhi High Court as a witness in a civil case regarding wrongful possession of immovable property filed by Amu against Kichu. He refused to appear before the court due to his office job. He was prosecuted by the court. Is he liable? (AILET 2016)
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21. 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. (CLAT 2019)

22. Legal Principle: If a contract is made by post between two persons living in two different cities, then the contract is said to be complete as soon as the letter of acceptance is properly posted, and the place of completion of the contract is that city where acceptance is posted. It is worth mentioning here that in every contract there is always an offer from one party and the acceptance of the offer from the other party.
Factual Situation: Sani, a resident of Patna, gives an offer by post to sell his house for ` 25,00,000 to Hani, a resident of Allahabad. This offer letter is posted on 1st January 2013 from Patna and reaches Allahabad on 7th January 2013. Hani accepts this offer and posts the letter of acceptance on 8th January 2013 from Allahabad which reaches Patna on 16th January 2013. But Sani presuming that Hani is not interested in accepting his offer, sells his house to Gani at same price on 15th January 2013. Hani files a suit against Sani for the breach of contract in the competent court of Allahabad. Will Hani succeed? (CLAT 2013)

23. Legal Principle: Whoever drives any vehicle, or rides, on any public way in a manner so rash or negligent as to endanger human life, or to be likely to cause hurt or injury to any other person, has committed an offence, which shall be punished in accordance with the law.
Factual Situation: X, a truck driver, driving his vehicle rashly and negligently at a high speed climbed the footpath and hit Y, a pedestrian, from behind causing his death. (CLAT 2014)

24. Legal Principle: When a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all, each of such persons is liable for that act in the same manner as if it were done by him alone.
Factual Situation: Roshan along with two of his friends, Tushar and Tarang, proceeded to the house of Darshan in order to avenge an insult made by the brother of Darshan. They opened fire on the members of Darshan's family. It was found that the shots of Roshan did not hit anyone, but the shots of Tushar and Tarang succeeded in killing Darshan. (CLAT 2014)

25. Legal Principle: Vicarious liability is the liability of the master or principle for the tort committed by his servant or agent, provided the tort is committed in the course of employment. The master or principle is not liable for private wrongs of the servant/ agent.
Factual Situation: X hands over some cash money at his house to Y, who is his (X's) neighbour and is also cashier in a bank, to be deposited in A's account in the bank. Instead of depositing the money, Y misappropriates it. Which of the following statements depicts correct legal position in this given situation? (CLAT 2014)