Law of Contracts Notes, Study Materials and Case Laws

Law of Contracts dealing with matters relating to Contracts. A contract is made when an agreement becomes enforceable by law. There is no legal obligation as long as it is a mere agreement. Once the agreement becomes a contract, there is a legal obligation by parties involved.

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Introduction to Law of Contracts

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• Meaning, Nature and Types
• Major Definitions under Indian Contract Act, 1872. (Click here)

Agreement under Indian Contract Act (Section 2 to 9, Indian Contract Act)

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• Formation of an Agreement
• Intention to Create Legal Relationship
• Doctrine of Promissory Estoppel
• Standard Form Contracts or Contracts of Adhesion
• Proposal and Acceptance-Their various forms, Essential Elements
• Counteroffer
• Communication
• Revocation- Mode of Revocation of Offer

Capacity to Contract under Indian Contract Act (Sections: 10, 11, 12, 64, 65, 68)

• Position of a minor in Contract (Click Here)
• Position of persons of Unsound Mind (Click Here)
• Position of persons disqualified by Law (Click Here)

Free Consent (Sections 13 to 22, Indian Contract Act )

• Concept of Free Consent under Indian Contract Act
• Coercion
• Undue Influence
• Fraud
• Misrepresentation
• Mistake
• Effect on Contracts influenced by any factor Vitiating Free Consent

Consideration under Indian Contract Act (Section 23, 24 & 25 Indian Contract Act)

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• Meaning and Nature of Consideration – NudumPactum
• Doctrine of Privity of Contract and of Consideration- Its Exceptions
• Exceptions of consideration
• Adequacy of Consideration: Present, Past and Adequate Consideration
• Unlawful Consideration and its Effect.
• Indian Contract Act, 1872: Sections 2(d), 2(f), 23 and 25

Limitations on Freedom of Contract (Ss. 23, 26 – 31, Indian Contract Act)

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• Legality of Object
• Void and Voidable Agreements
• Agreements against Public Policy
• Agreements with Unlawful Consideration
• Agreements without Consideration
• Agreements in Restraint of Marriage
• Agreements in Restraint of Trade
• Agreements in Restraint of Legal Proceedings
• Ambiguous and Uncertain Agreements
• Wagering Agreements – Its exceptions
• Contingent Contracts

Quasi – Contracts and Unjust Enrichment (Section 68 to 72, Indian Contract Act)

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• Doctrine of Unjust Enrichment
• Concept and Classification of Quasi Contracts

Discharge of a Contract (Section 37 to 67, Indian Contract Act)

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• By Performance
• Performance by Joint Promisors
• Discharge by Novation – Remission
• Accord and Satisfaction
• Discharge by Impossibility of Performance – Doctrine of Frustration
• Discharge by Breach – Anticipatory Breach – Actual breach

Clayton’s Rule of Appropriation of Payments

Remedies for the Breach of Contract (Ss. 73, 74 & 75)

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• Damages,
• Types of Damages,
• Remoteness of damages,
• Ascertainment of Damages
• Doctrine of Quantum Merit

Contract of Indemnity

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• Concept and definition of Indemnity,
• Nature and extent of liability of the indemnifier
• Commencement of liability of the indemnifier

Contract of Guarantee under Indian Contract Act

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• The concept and fefinition of guarantee
• Basic essentials for a valid guarantee contract
• Continuing guarantee
• Nature of surety’s liability
• Duration and termination of such liability
• Rights of surety,
• Position of surety in the eye of law
• Co-surety and manner of sharing liabilities and rights, Extent of surety’s liability, Discharge of surety’s liability.

Bailment under Indian Contract Act

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• Concept of Bailment
• Manner Of Creation Of Contract of Bailment
• Identification Of Contract Of Bailment In Day To Day Life
• Rights and Duties of Bailor and Bailee
• Finder Of Goods As A Bailee
• Rights and Liabilities of Finder Of Goods

Pledge under Indian Contract Act

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• Definition of pledge under the Indian contract Act
• Rights and Duties of the pawner and pawnee
• Pownee’s right of sale as compared to that of an ordinary bailee
• Pledge: comparison with bailment

Agency under Indian Contract Act

Contract of Agency under Indian Contract Act

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• Agency under Indian Contract Act
• Kinds of agents and agencies
• Distinction between agent and servant
• Essentials of an agency transaction
• Various methods of creation of agency
• Delegation

Rights and Duties in an Agency under Indian Contract Act

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• Rights of an Agent
• Duties of an Agent

Termination of Agency under Indian Contract Act

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• Termination of Agency
• Methods of termination of agency contract
• Liability of the principal and agent before and after such termination

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