Indian Law of Contract (LLB Academic Unit)

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Syllabus

• Unit 1 — Nature & Formation of ContractTopic

  Definition and essentials of a valid contract (s.2 ICA 1872) · Offer: communication, special types, lapse & revocation (ss.3–6) · Acceptance: communication, postal rule analog under s.4, counter-offer

• Unit 2 — Consideration & PrivityTopic

  Definition & rules: past, present, future consideration (s.2(d)) · Adequacy vs sufficiency; nudum pactum · Exceptions to 'no consideration no contract' (s.25)

• Unit 3 — Capacity to ContractTopic

  Minor's agreements: void ab initio (Mohori Bibee v Dharmodas Ghose 1903) · Restitution & necessaries supplied to minor (s.68) · Persons of unsound mind (s.12)

• Unit 4 — Free Consent & Vitiating FactorsTopic

  Coercion (s.15): IPC nexus, threat to file suit · Undue influence (s.16): presumptions, unconscionable bargains · Fraud (s.17): active concealment, half-truths

• Unit 5 — Legality, Object & Void AgreementsTopic

  Unlawful consideration/object (s.23) · Agreements expressly void (ss.26–30): restraint of trade, marriage, legal proceedings, wagering · Contingent contracts (ss.31–36)

• Unit 6 — Performance of ContractsTopic

  Who must perform; devolution on legal representatives (ss.37–42) · Time & place of performance (s.46–50) · Appropriation of payments (ss.59–61)

• Unit 7 — Discharge of ContractTopic

  By performance, agreement, impossibility/frustration (s.56) · Doctrine of frustration: Taylor v Caldwell analog; Satyabrata Ghosh v Mugneeram 1954 · By breach: actual vs anticipatory breach

• Unit 8 — Remedies & Quasi-ContractsTopic

  Damages: remoteness (Hadley v Baxendale analog, s.73); liquidated vs penalty (s.74) · Specific performance (overview; detailed in Specific Relief Act 1963 as amended 2018) · Injunction, rescission, restitution

• What is the definition of a contract under the Indian Contract Act 1872?

  Section 2, ICA 1872
• Baroda Oil Cakes Traders v. Parshottam Narayandas Bagulia & Anr.

  Explain the difference between an offer and acceptance in contract law.

  (1954)
• Bhagwandas Goverdhandas Kedia v. M/S. Girdharilal Parshottamdas & Co.

  In telephonic contracts, where is the place of acceptance determined?

  (1965)