Law Relating to Rash and Negligent Driving

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Description
A rash act is primarily an overhasty act and is thus opposed to a deliberate act, but it also includes an act which, though it may be said to be deliberate, is yet done without due care and caution. Criminal rashness is hazarding a dangerous or wanton act with the knowledge that it is so and that it may cause injury, but without intention to cause injury, or knowledge that it will probably because. Criminal negligence is the gross and culpable neglect or failure to exercise that reasonable and proper care and precaution to guard against injury either to the public generally or to an individual in particular, which having regard to all the circumstances out of which the charge has arisen, it was the imperative duty of the accused person to have adopted.
Last edition of this book was published in the 2008 and within a short period time, it has gone out of print. The present edition has been brought incorporating cases up to date as more number of cases have been incorporated in the present
edition.
This book is designed to give the reader a complete grasp and understanding of the general principles of Rash and Negligent Driving and a astery over the subject. Precise and yet lucid accounts of the ratios in scores of leading decisions of Supreme Court of India and the High Courts are the chief strength of the text.
A good index is designed to help the busy reader quickly to obtain reference on any point of interest to him The author is highly obliged to legal cooperation of Shri Jai Prakash Mishra, Advocate in preparation of the book. I desire to express our obligation to Mr. O.P. Arora of CTJ Publications, Pune, who gave valuable suggestions.
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Contents
1.     Introduction
2.     Rash Driving or Riding on a Public Way
3.     Causing Death by Negligence
4.     Contributory Negligence
5.     Hurt by Act Endangering Life or Personal Safety of others
6.     Causing Grievous hurt by act endangering life of personal sarety of others
7.     Doctorine of 'Res Ipsa Loquitur
8.     Vicarious Liability
9.     Composite Negligence
10.   Negligence - Statutory Provisions under Motor Vehicle Act, 1988
11.   Claim and Compensation
Appendices
App. 1     Negligenc-Statutory Provisions under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
App. 2     Control of Traffic under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
App. 3     Rules of the Road Regulations
App. 4     Central road Fund Act, 1989
App. 5     The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991
App. 6     The Public Liability Insurance Rules, 1991
App. 7     The Fatal Acidents Act, 1855
App. 8     Rent a Cab Scheme, 1989
App. 9     The Indian Penal Code, 1860
Subject Index
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