THE CONCEPT OF VICARIOUS LIABILITY AND THE ROLE OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

AUTHOR – NAIVEDHYA KUMAR, STUDENT AT SCHOOL OF LAW, NARSEE MONJEE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, DEEMED TO BE A UNIVERSITY, MUMBAI, (INDORE CAMPUS)

Best Citation – NAIVEDHYA KUMAR, THE CONCEPT OF VICARIOUS LIABILITY AND THE ROLE OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, ILE CONTRACT LAW REVIEW (ILE CLR), 1 (1) of 2023, Pg. 33-39, APIS – 3920 – 0030 | ISSN – 2583-9578.

Introduction

Tort is a civil wrong involving violations of individual legal rights and where the remedy is in terms of unliquidated damages¹ that is not fixed to times substances (where the value is not fixed, it has changed in connection with the facts of the case and in accordance with the jurisdiction of the court) General Torts include: negligence, battery, attack, etc. ²Every time someone does or eliminate any action and if this action or negligence causes an injury to others, the first person will be responsible for the injury made in the second person. That’s because there are legal tasks everyone to protect the legal rights of others. This is known as a lawsuit. Thus, Tortfeasor is the person who has a lawsuit. Employers happen to be responsible for the lawsuit carried out by their employees on their journey, therefore the obligation of representatives is the imposition of the obligation to the main employer for the negligence of employees or people entrusted or delegated by the principal authority to carry out certain tasks. Then we have know about independent contractor However, they are the peoples who trade independent, business, or professions where they offer their services to the public. People who are contracted or hired them for their services must have the right to control or direct the results of work, not the way and the method of getting the results.