Certificate in Understanding the Law of Torts

The word ‘tort’ has been derived from a Latin word ‘Tortus’ which means twisted. Therefore, tort law can be invoked when someone does something ‘twisted’ to you, in other words, tort is an act or omission which causes harm to someone. In such cases, the aggrieved party can seek remedies from the court of law for such wrongful act. The person who commits a tort is called the tortfeaser. The law of torts in India is primarily based on the common law principles. It encompasses a wide range of wrongful acts like negligence, nuisance, vicarious liability, strict and absolute liability, battery, assault, defamation, trespass, malicious prosecution etc.

The Certificate in Understanding the Law of Torts, aims to provide an overview of the law of torts in India vis-à-vis vicarious liability, negligence, nuisance, torts against human beings and property, liability based on fault, by means of video lectures by Scriboard Advocates and Legal Consultants, in association with Enhelion.

According to the law firm and our policy, the course fees will not be refunded.

WHAT WILL SET YOU APART?

Enrolling for the certificate programme will enable you to:

• Get a better understanding of the topics by being mentored by various practicing lawyers
• Get lifetime access to the recorded lectures which are stored in Enhelion’s database for any future reference
• Interact with the Enhelion team on one-to-one basis at various intervals
• Get assessed on the basis of online submission of assignment

The curriculum has been designed to provide an overview of various aspects of tort law. It traces the development of the law of torts and highlights the principle of vicarious liability. It further delves upon the tort of negligence, nuisance, strict and absolute liability. It also discusses various principles for fixing the liability and to ascertain the damages for the wrong committed.

The following modules are covered under the course [Video lectures only]-

• Module 1: Definition, Nature and Development of Tort
• Module 2: Liability for the Wrong Committed by Other Person
• Module 3: Negligence, Contributory Negligence and Nuisance
• Module 4: General Defenses
• Module 5: Torts Against Human Beings and Property
• Module 6: Liabilities based on fault
• Module 7: Remoteness of Damage

Rodney D. Ryder is the founding partner at Scriboard and is a leading technology, intellectual property and corporate lawyer. He is the author of Guide to Cyber Laws: the Information Technology Act, 2000, E-Commerce, Data Protection and the Internet, the first section-wise analysis of the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000. He is presently Advisor to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India on the implementation of the Information Technology Act, 2000.Mr. Ryder has been nominated as a 'Leading Lawyer' in intellectual property, technology, communications and media law by Asia Law, Who'sWhoLegal, Asia Legal 500, amongst other International publications. Mr. Ryder is also advisor to the Data Security Council of India [a NASSCOM initiative] on the structuring of industry data privacy and information security policies and contractual standards. His second book, Intellectual Property and the Internet, published by LexisNexis is perhaps the only one of its kind in Asia. The text has been acknowledged to be an authoritative work by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and has been quoted in the first and only judgement by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on domain names. He is advisor to the National Internet Exchange of India [NiXI] and a member of the panel of independent and neutral arbitrators with NiXI.

In every walk of life, the process of evaluation takes place in one form or the other. If the evaluation process is eliminated from human life then perhaps the aim of life may be lost. Being in the same line, Enhelion is committed to evaluate the process of learning through its courses.

The enrollee will be evaluated based on a Project Assignment, which would test the analytical understanding of the topics covered in the video lectures. 

The most intriguing aspect of the evaluation process is the time flexibility it affords. You can choose to undergo the evaluation process as and when you are ready for the same.

To be eligible to receive a certificate after successful completion of the course, one is required to secure an overall minimum of 40 percent in the Project Assignment.

Scriboard is a full service commercial law firm specialising in Information Technology and Intellectual Property and related services. The firm is legal counsel to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India and to the National Internet Exchange of India [NIXI], which manages the .in [Indian Country Code Top Level Domain Extensions]. They are also India Counsel to a leading social networking website, major oil and technology companies. They advise the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] on Internet Security and Cyber Crimes.