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Law of Contract – I Course outline The law of contract is such an important subject which applies in almost every once life where people are willing to create legal obligation. This branch of law deals with law relating to promises, their formation, performance and enforceability. It is scattered over several legislations. The main object of this course is to build the transactional capability in the students. This paper will include a study of general principles of contracts mentioned in sections1-75 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. The remaining provisions of this Act will be covered separately in next paper of III Semester – Law of Contract – II (Specific Contracts, partnership Act and Sale of Goods Act,). The statutory provisions would be supplemented with judicial pronouncements. Prescribed Legislations: (a) The Indian Contract Act, 1872 (b) The Specific Relief Act, 1963 Prescribed Books: 1. NilimaBhadbhade, Pollock &Mulla, Indian Contract & Specific Relief Acts 2. JogaRao S. V. Cases and materials on contract LexusNexis, ButterWorths Publication. 3. Athiya, P. S. Essays on Contract ,OxfordUniversity Press London. 4. Friedman Law in the changing society Univeristy Book House Delhi. 5. H.K. Saharay, Dutt on Contract – The Indian Contract Act, 1872 6. Avtar Singh, Law of Contract and Specific Relief, Eastern Book Company Reference Books: 1. M.P.Furmston, Cheshire, Fifoot and Furmston’sLaw of Contract (16th ed., 2008) 2. J. Beatson, Anson’s Law of Contract (28th ed., 2002), English Language Book Society & Oxford University Press, London. 3. Cheshire ad Fiefoot Cases and Materials on Contract, ButerWorths London, 4. Moitra’sCommentries on Law of Contract, Estern Book publications 2008. 5. Macneil Economic analysis of contractual relations 13 stainford L. R. Law Commission Report 1. 13th report of Law Commission of India on law of Contract. 2. 9th Report of Law Commission of India, on Specific relief Act 3. 147th Report of law Commission of India on Specific relief Act 1963.

Course Contents for Law of Contract - I Unit 1 : Genesis of contract Contract: meaning of contract, how to make, Types of Contract

Unit 2 : Formation of an Agreement Intention to create legal relationship; offer and invitation to treat; kinds of offer,communication, acceptance and revocation of offer and acceptance; modes of revocation ofoffer - Indian Contract Act, 1872, sections 2 – 10, Standard form of Contract. Related case laws Carlillv. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. (1891-4) All ER Rep.127 Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v. Boots Cash Chemist (Southern) Ltd. (1952) 2 All ER Rep. 456 3. Balfour v. Balfour (1918-19) All ER 860 (CA) 4. LalmanShuklav. GauriDatt(1913) XL ALJR 489 (All.) 5. BhagwandasGoverdhandasKediav. M/s. Girdharilal Parshottamdas& Co., AIR 1966 SC 543 6. M/s. J.K. Enterprises v. State of M.P., AIR 1997 MP 68 7. M/s. Progressive Constructions Ltd. v. Bharat Hydro Power Corporation Ltd., AIR 1996 Del. 92 U nit 3 : Consideration 1. 2.

Meaning; basis and the nature of consideration; Doctrine of Privity of Contract and ofconsideration, its exceptions; Exceptions of consideration – Indian Contract Act, 1872,sections 2(d), 2(f), 23 and 25 Related case laws 08. KedarnathBhattacharjiv. GorieMahomed(1886) 7 I.D. 64 (Cal.) 09. DoraswamiIyerv. ArunachalaAyyar(1935) 43 LW 259 (Mad.) 10. Abdul Aziz v. Masum Ali, AIR 1914 All. 22 11. Venkata Chinnaya Rau v. Venkataramaya Garu (1881) 1 ID 137 (Mad.) 12. NawabKhwaja Muhammad Khan v. NawabHusainiBegam (1910) LR 37 I.A. 152 Unit 4 : Capacity to Contract Legal disability to enter into contract - Minors, persons of unsound mind ; person under legaldisability; lunatics, idiots; Restitution in cases of minor’s agreement; Liability for necessariessupplied to the minor Indian Contract Act, 1872, sections 10, 11, 12, 64, 65, 68; SpecificRelief Act, 1963, section 33; Indian Majority Act, 1875 Related case laws 13. MohoriBibeev. DhurmodasGhose(1903) 30 I.A. 114 14. Khan Gulv. Lakha Singh, AIR 1928 Lah. 609 15. Ajudhia Prasad v. ChandanLal, AIR 1937 All. 610 16. R. Lingarajv. Parvathi, AIR 1975 Mad. 285 17. RajinderKaurv. Mangal Singh (1987) 91 PLR 444

Unit 5 : Free Consent Free consent ; Definition – Coercion, Undue influence, Fraud, Misrepresentation andMistake; Effect on contracts influenced by any factor vitiating free consent - Indian ContractAct, 1872, sections 13 – 22 Related case laws 18. Raghunath Prasad v. Sarju Prasad (1923) 51 I.A. 101 19. Subhas Chandra Das Mushib v. Ganga Prasad Das Mushib, AIR 1967 SC 878 20. Lakshmi Amma v. T. Narayana Bhatta, 1970 (3) SCC 159 21. Tarsem Singh v. Sukhminder Singh (1998) 3 SCC 471 Topic 6 : Limitations on Freedom of Contract Circumstances in which agreements become void or voidable, Distinction between void andvoidable agreements; Unlawful Agreements; Public policy; Agreements with unlawfulconsideration in part and objects; Agreements without consideration; Agreements in restraintof marriage; Agreements in restraint of trade; Agreements in restraint of legal proceedings;Ambiguous and uncertain agreements & Wagering agreements -Indian Contract Act, 1872,sections 23 – 30, Contingent contract , Sec.31-36. Related case laws 22. GherulalParakhv. MahadeodasMaiya, AIR 1959 SC 781 23. Niranjan Shankar Golikariv. Century Spinning & ManufacturingCo. Ltd., AIR 1967 SC 1098 24. Central Inland Water Transport Corpn. Ltd. v. BrojoNathGanguly(1986) 3 SCC 156(Also see D.T.C. v. D.T.C. Mazdoor Congress, AIR 1991 SC 101;Bank of India v. O.P. Swarankar, AIR 2003 SC 858) 25. Dhurandhar Prasad Singh v. JaiPrakashUniversity,AIR 2001 SC 2552 Topic 7 : Discharge of a Contract Modes -Discharge by performance; Frustration; Supervening impossibility of performance;Grounds of Frustration and its effect; Discharge by Agreement and Novation – IndianContract Act, 1872, sections 37 – 67 Related case laws 26. SatyabrataGhosev. MugneeramBangur& Co., AIR 1954 SC 44 27. M/s. AlopiParshad& Sons Ltd. v. Union of India,AIR 1960 SC 588 28. Punj Sons Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1986 Del. 158 29. Easun Engineering Co. Ltd. v. The Fertilizers & ChemicalsTravancore Ltd., AIR 1991 Mad. 158 Topic 8 : Quasi – Contracts Obligations resembling those created by Contract (Quasi – Contracts) : Concept and classification - Indian Contract Act, 1872, sections 68 – 72 Related case laws 38. State of West Bengalv. S.K. Mondal& Sons, AIR 1962 SC 779

Topic 9 : Remedies for Breach of Contract (a) Damages; Types of Damages ; Basis of Assessment of Damages; Remoteness ofDamages and Measures of Damages; Mitigation of Damages; Penalty & Liquidated Damages– Indian Contract Act, 1872, sections 73 – 74 Related case laws 30. Hadley v. Baxendale(1843-60) All ER Rep. 461 31. AKAS Jamal v. MoollaDawood, Sons & Co. (1915) XX C.W.N. 105 32. Karsandas H. Thacker v. M/s. The Saran Engineering Co. Ltd.,AIR 1965 SC 1981 33. M/s. MurlidharChiranjilalv. M/s. HarishchandraDwarkadas,AIR 1962 SC 366 34. MaulaBuxv. Union of India, AIR 1970 SC 1955 35. Shri Hanuman Cotton Mills v. Tata Air Craft Ltd., 1969 (3) SCC 522 36. Ghaziabad Development Authority v. Union of India, AIR 2000 SC 2003 37. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. v. Saw Pipes Ltd.(2003) 4 SCALE 92 Topic 10 : The Specific Relief Act, 1963 Recovering possession of property (Sec.- 5 to 8), Specific performance of contract (Sec.- 9 to 25) , Declaratory Decrees (Sec.- 34 to 35), Preventive Relief (Sec.- 36 to 43)...