Nervous shock
Keywords:
Nervous shock, damages, psychiatricAbstract
Nervous shock nowadays become one of the serious issues in our society. Many people lost their life due to nervous sock. The word ‘nervous shock’ means a psychiatric condition or injury suffered by an individual as a result of events which have occurred due to the intentional or negligent acts or omissions of another person or authority. The author through the present paper will try to find out the various issues involved in the cases of nervous shock in the light of various judicial pronouncements. The paper would also be an analysis of the current existing legal framework for nervous sock in India. The author has also made an effort to make a comparative analysis of the legislation pertaining to nervous sock existing in USA and U.K to those with Indian legislation.
Downloads
References
Books referred:
The Law of Torts : Justice G P Singh
Winfield & Jolowicz : WVH Rogers
• Articles Referred:
The Mental Health Act, 1987
Law commission Reports referred
Liability for Psychiatric Illness , Law com no 249 [1] Encyclopedia by Farlex
Law Commission Report, U.K. 249
(1901) 2 KB 669
(1943) AC 92
Bourhill v Young [1943] AC 92, 110, per Lord Wright
Page v Smith [1996] AC 155, 179, per Lord Jauncey
(1888) 13 App Cas.222
(1901) 2 KB 699
(1888) 13 App Cas.222
(1901) 2 KB 699
Hambrook v. Strokes (1925) 1 K.B. 141
Bourhil v. Young (1943) AC 92
(1964) 1 WLR 1317
(1983) 1 AC 410,431
(1968) 29 ALR 3d 1316
Thing v La Chusa 1989 48 Cal 3d 644
(1968) 29 ALR 3d 1316
(1951) 2 MLJ 471
AIR 1994 SC 787
AIR 2004 SC 2141
1998(2) SC 620
(1992) 1 AC 310-410
[1996] AC 155 (HL)
(1992) 1 AC 310-410
(1983) 1 AC 410,431
Galli-atkinson v.Sehgal
Alock v. Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police (1992) 1 AC 310-410
Protection of Harassments Act, 1997 Section1[2]
Protection of Harassments Act, 1997 Section7[3]
(2003) All ER 969
(2003) All ER 970
1994 512 US 532, 544,547,548
45 USSC $$51-60
(1994) 512 US 544
512 US 532
AIR 1994 Sc 737, pp 799, 800
AIR 2004 SC 2141
AIR 2004 SC 3952
AIR 2000 SC 2003
AIR 2004 Sc 1524
AIR 2007 SC 2198
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
Copyright (c) 2022 International journal of health sciences
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Articles published in the International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS) are available under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Authors retain copyright in their work and grant IJHS right of first publication under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles in this journal, and to use them for any other lawful purpose.
Articles published in IJHS can be copied, communicated and shared in their published form for non-commercial purposes provided full attribution is given to the author and the journal. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
This copyright notice applies to articles published in IJHS volumes 4 onwards. Please read about the copyright notices for previous volumes under Journal History.
