Discussion
Read the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and give the correct answer with the help of codes given below it :
Assertion (A) : Master is held liable for the act of his servant done during the course of employment.
Reason (R) : He who does an act through another is deemed in law to do it himself.
Answer: A
The answer is (A) is correct and (R) is valid reason for (A).
A master is vicariously liable for torts his servant commits in the course of employment. One of the classic justifications is the maxim qui facit per alium facit per se: he who acts through another acts himself. The servant's act in the course of employment is treated as the master's own act.
Since the assertion is a settled rule and the maxim is a recognised basis for it, the codes calling (A) incorrect or (R) not a valid reason are wrong. (The other common justification, respondeat superior, points the same way.)
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