Multiple choice

Directions: Given below is a statement of facts of a case. Following the statement are a few principles of law are given in the form of certain propositions. Apply the principles to the facts of the case and encircle the most reasonable answer out of the alternatives given:

Facts: Mahesh was a driver working in a company Lipton and Co. One day, the Manager asked him to drop a customer at the airport and get back at the earliest. On his way back from the airport, he happened to see his fiancé Roopa waiting for a bus to go home. He offered to drop her at home which happened to be close to his office. She got into the car and soon thereafter, the car somersaulted due to the negligence of Mahesh. Roopa was thrown out of the car and suffered multiple injuries. She seeks compensation from Lipton and Co.

Principles: A master is liable for the acts committed by his servant in the course of employment.

  1. Lipton & Co., shall be liable, because Mahesh was in the course of their employment at the time of accident.

  2. Lipton & Co., shall not be liable. Mahesh was not in the course of employment when he took Roopa inside the car.

  3. Roopa got into the car at her own risk, and therefore, she cannot sue anybody.
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Explanation

(please remember that the distinction between doing an unauthorized act and an authorized act wrongly is very fine)

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