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The Indian Contract Act deals with the following Quasi-contractual Obligations:
(i) Claim for necessaries supplied to a person incompetent to contract
(ii) Responsibility of finder of goods
(iii) Re-imbursement of money paid, due by another
(iv) Obligation of person enjoying benefit of non-gratuitous act

Principle: Existence of all the alleged facts is relevant, whether they occurred at the same time and place or at different times and places.
Facts: 'A', a citizen of England, is accused of committing murder of 'B' in India by taking part in a conspiracy hatched in England.

The dues recoverable under this section includes _____________.

Principle: One who dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use or sells any movable property belonging to another, is guilty of the offence of misappropriation.
Facts: 'A' takes property belonging to 'Z' out of Z's possession, in good faith, believing when he takes it, that the property belongs to himself. Subsequently, 'A', on discovering his mistake, without disclosing the actual facts, dishonestly sells the property to a stranger.

G, a film star agreed to act exclusively for Y, a film producer, for one year. During the year, she contracted to act for some other producer. In this case, Y:

Principle: Consent is a good defence in a civil action for tort but the act should be the same for which consent was given.
Facts: 'B' was formally invited by 'A' to his house. 'B' after sitting for some time in drawing room, moved to the bed room of the house. 'A' used 'B' for trespass.

Principle: Import means bringing some consignment into India from a foreign country.
Facts: A consignment from Sri Lanka entered the territorial waters of India. However, this consignment never crossed the Indian custom barrier nor did it enter into the stream of commerce in India.

Principle: A person is said to have committed assault when an apprehension is caused in the mind of a person that he is about to use physical force against his body.
Facts: 'A' abuses 'B' while he was sitting in a moving train, by aggressively shaking his fists when 'B' was standing on the railway platform at a distance.

Principle: There are certain acts which, though harmful, are not wrongful in law; therefore, do not give legal right to bright action in law, to the person who suffers from such acts.
Facts: 'Prakash' has a rice mill. His neighbour, Shanti, sets up another rice mill and offers a tough competition to Prakash. As a consequence, Prakash's profits dall down. He brings a suit against Shanti for damages.

In case the person does not deposit tax collected in contravention of Section 76, is the same recoverable with interest?