AILET 2015 Question Paper with answer key for online practice

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LEGAL PRINCIPLE : Everybody is under a legal obligation to take reasonable care to avoid act or omission which he can foresee would injure his neighbour, the neighbour for this purpose is any person whom he should have in his mind as likely to be affectedby his act.
FACTUAL SITUATION : Krish, while driving a car at a high speed in a crowded road, knocked down a cyclist. The cyclist died on the spot with a lot of blood spilling around, Lekha, a pregnant woman passing by, suffered from a nervous shock,leading to abortion. Lekha filed a suit against Krishnan claiming damages.
DECISION:

Krish will be liable, because he owed a duty of reasonable care to everybody on the road including Lekha.
Krish will not be liable, because he could not have foreseen Lekha suffering from nervous shock as a result of his act.
Krish will be liable to Lekha because he failed to drive carefully.
None of the above

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