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A hires a carriage from B. A is injured because the carriage is unsafe, although B did not know about…

A bailor for hire is liable for damage caused by defects of the kind covered by section 150 even if the bailor did not know of the defects. The unsafe carriage illustration…

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A hires a carriage from B. A is injured because the carriage is unsafe, although B did not know about the defect. Under section 150 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, what is the result?

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A bailor for hire is liable for damage caused by defects of the kind covered by section 150 even if the bailor did not know of the defects.

The unsafe carriage illustration makes B liable when the defect causes A's injury.

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Option A

For goods bailed for hire, liability for injury caused by the fault does not depend on the bailor's knowledge.

Option B

The defect caused the injury, and section 150 makes the bailor for hire liable even without knowledge of the defect.

Option C

A does not assume the bailor's statutory liability by hiring the carriage.

Option D

A prior demand for inspection is not a condition in section 150.

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