State the remedies available in tort other than an action for unliquidated damages.

CS Executive · Jurisprudence, Interpretation and General Laws · PYQS · December 2022
State the remedies available in tort other than an action for unliquidated damages.

Answer & Explanation:

The main remedy for a tort is an action for unliquidated damages, although some other remedies, like Injunction, Specific Restitution and Self Help are also available. Injunction, may be obtained in addition to damages or specific restitution may be claimed in an action for the detention of a chattel. Self-help is a remedy of which the injured party can avail himself without going to a law court. It does not apply to all torts and perhaps the best example of these to which it does apply is trespass to land. For example, if 'A' finds a drunken stranger in his room who has no business to be there in it, and is thus a trespass, he (A) is entitled to get rid of him, if possible without force but if that be not possible with such force as the circumstances of the case may warrant.

Topics: Law of Torts

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