AMITY UNIVERSITY

(Distance Learning Program)

BUSINESS LAWS (ADL-12)

ASSIGNMENT - A

Total Marks: 10

NOTE : Answer all Questions.

Credit will be given for conciseness, relevance, illustrations and quotation
of applicable law.

1. Define Contract. Give essential elements of a valid contract.

2. What are the remedies for breach of contract?
3. Explain and illustrate the doctrines of :-
Lifting / Piercing the Corporate Veil
Ultra Vires

4 Describe the kinds of Resolutions passed by the Board Directors under the
companies Act, 1956.
5 Define “goods”. Explain the conditions and warranties implied by law in a
contract for sale of goods.

BUSINESS LAWS (ADL-12)

ASSIGNMENT - B

Total Marks: 10

NOTE : Answer all Questions. Credit will be given for conciseness, relevance,
illustrations and quotation of applicable law.

1. Explain the consequences and remedies for dishonor of a cheque.

2. Give the kinds and characteristics of different insurance contracts.
3. Enumerate the duties of an Arbitrator; Differentiate domestic and foreign
awards.
 CASE STUDY

After going through the Case Study, answer the questions given at the end.
Substantiate you answers with the applicable law, where necessary.

“Twenty Four year old Vijay Kumar suddenly complained one morning in June 1992
at 4.30 a.m. of pain of legs and his inability to move them. His father called a local
doctor, and on his advice took him to a private hospital at about 6.30 a.m. By then
the patient was complaining of extreme weakness and decreased power in the upper
limbs. Even as he was being examined by a cardiologist and neurologist, he
complained of difficulty in breathing, following which he was moved to intensive Care
Unit (ICU) and then to the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit (ICCU).

Subsequently, a senior consultant neurologist who examined him at about 9 a.m.

said the probable diagnosis was Acute Infective Polyneuritis or Hypopotassemic
paralysis or Acute Myasthenia Gravis. He suggested Aurther Tests, immediate line of
treatment including intubation and also informed the parents that since a new mode
of treatment, plasmapherasis was not available at the hospital, it was advisable to
move him to a ‘Speciality’ Hospital.

He also gave a letter to the concerned doctor at the ‘Speciality’ Hospital, but the
young man died at 12.10 hours before he could be moved there.

The nurse on duty also failed to notice that the oxygen tube had been pulled out by
the patient, who was extremely restless, till it was brought to her notice by the
‘Patient’s mother’.

Questions :-

1. What is the appropriate law for handling the case?

2. Where does Mr. Vijay Kumar’s remedy lie?
3. Is there any negligence on the part of the doctors?
4. Was the Hospital Staff that was required to carry out the directions of the
doctors, negligent?
5. Was the delay of two hours in intubating the patient an act of negligence?
6. What, if any, was the nature of lapse on the part of Hospital staff in
respect of the oxygen tube pulled out by the patient?
7. By whom should Mr. Vijay Kumar’s parents be compensated?
8. What was the nature of Mr. Vijay Kumar’s condition in this case?
9. Is the private hospital liable for lapses in the case?
10. Name the major lapses.
11. What, if any, is the limitation period for filing the case by Mr. Vijay
Kumar’s parents?
 BUSINESS LAWS (ADL-12)

ASSIGNMENT - C

Total Marks: 10

All Question Carries Equal Marks

Answer True or False:

1. An agreement not enforceable by law is said to be void.

2. An agreement enforceable by law is contract.
3. The communication of a proposal is complete when it comes to the
knowledge of the person to whom it is made.
4. In order to convert proposal into a promise the acceptance must be
conditional and qualified.
5. All agreements are contracts.
6. A company is a voluntary association of persons.
7. A company is an artificial person having no body or soul.
8. A company the only limited shares.
9. A company may be with unlimited liability.
10. On registration a company becomes a distinct legal entity, has perpetual
succession and its property is not the property of shareholders.
11. The Memorandum of Association of a company must be printed, divided
into paragraphs numbered consecutively and signed by the subscribers.
12. A company can have any name
13. ‘Goods’ means every kind of movable property including action able
claims and money.
14. The doctrine of Caveat Emptor has been modified by consumer protection
legislation.
15. A lien is the right to hold the property of another as security for the
performance of obligation.
16. Lien is not a possessory right.
17. A contract for sale of goods may be made in writing or by word of mouth
bet cannot be implied from the conduct of the parties.
18. A contract of sale of goods is through immediate delivery only.
19. A negotiable instrument is a document of title.
20. A particular form is necessary for delivery of a negotiable instrument.
21. A person taking a bill of exchange can take a better title than the person
from whom he took it.
22. A bill of exchange with the words written ‘Not negotiable’ across it is still
negotiable.
23. ‘Choser – in – action’ is a term used in Negotiable Instruments.
24. A drawer of a dishonoured cheque shall be deemed to have committed an
offence.
25. A blank signed paper give to another party cannot be made a bill of
exchange.
26. A life insurance policy in India can be avoided on the ground of suicide.
27. An LIC life insurance policy contains ‘Suicide Clause’ for the entire
currency of the policy.
28. There is no difference between assignment and Nomination in so far as
insurance is concerned.
29. All Insurance policies have a surrender value.
30. An Insurance Policy is with nature of a contract.
31. An arbitration agreement need nor be in writing.
32. Matrimonial matters can be referred to arbitration in India.
33. Parties are free to agree on the place of arbitration.
34. An award is in the nature of Individual verdict.
35. Indian Arbitration law does not comprehensively cover international
commercial arbitration.
36. Consumers Protection Act 1986 is the judicial machinery for speedy
redressal of consumer disputes.
37. Consumer Protection Act 1986 deals only with defects in relation to
goods.
38. Any affiliation by a consumer in any form is a complaint.
39. The provisions in Consumer Protection Act, 1986 are in addition to and
not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force.
40. There is no provision for the right to consumer education in the Consumer
Protection Act, 1986.
 AMITY SCHOOL OF DISTANCE LEARNING
Post Box No. 503, Sector 44,
Noida 201 303

ASSIGNMENT No. ADL – 12

Subject Name & Code : Business Laws

Study Centre :

Enroll No. :

Date :

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTION
a) Total weightage given to these assignments is 30%.
b) All assignments are to be completed in your own hand writing.
c) All questions are required to be attempted.
d) Three assignments i.e A, B & C are to be answered. Assignments A will
carry Five subjective questions (10 marks). Assignment B will carry
three subjective questions with a Case Study (10 marks) and
Assignment C will carry Forty objective type questions (10 marks)
e) All the three assignments are to be completed by due dates (specified from
time to time) and mailed / given by hand for evaluation at the ASoDL office
Noida / your Study Centre.
f) The evaluated assignments can be collected from your study center / ASoDL
Office after Six week. Thereafter these will be destroyed at the end of each
semester.

Signature :

Name :

Date :

(9) Tick mark in front of the assignments submitted

Assignment “A” Assignment “B” Assignment “C”