Kilari Mammi And Ors. vs Barium Chemicals Ltd. And Ors. on 3 October, 1978
In Kilari Mammi v. Barium Chemicals Ltd. 1979 ACJ 58: (AIR 1979 Andh Pra 75), the driver of a jeep parked the jeep and went to a shop but he left the ignition key in the jeep. Another person who was also an employee of the defendant company, which owned the jeep, started the jeep and drove it into a shop causing damage to the articles in the shop and causing injuries to some persons in the shop. It was held that the driver had acted negligently in leaving the ignition key in the ieep and that it was the real and effective cause of the accident and that the master was liable for negligence of its servant, viz., the driver of the jeep.