Wrt this matter, I agree entirely with Aires' disgust with these babulals. The basic point is this:
Unless KD Singh reported the car to be missing, when he realised it was missing, it is his responsibility. The is a well known common law doctrine called RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR i.e. Let the master answer. KD Singh should be sued not only for the damage to the car but also for the damage to public property (apart from being charged for dangerous driving). jc The TORT doctrine that imposes responsibility upon one person for the failure of another, with whom the person has a special relationship (such as PARENT AND CHILD, employer and employee, or owner of vehicle and driver), to exercise such care as a reasonably prudent person would use under similar circumstances. Read more: Vicarious Liability - Car, Negligence, Driver, Employee, Employer, and Doctrine http://law.jrank.org/pages/11107/Vicarious-Liability.html On 27 November 2010 06:11, Aires Rodrigues <[email protected]> wrote: The 4th December 2009 car crash by the son of Goa’s former IGP, Mr. K.D.Singh while driving his father’s official a Toyota Innova GA-07-G-0063 has cost the State exchequer Rs 4, 33, 200. This has been revealed in information obtained under the Right to Information Act. Siddharth Singh the IGP’s son was driving his father’s official vehicle along with his friends to a night club at Vasco that late night when he crashed the vehicle also damaging two electricity poles.etc
