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Dr. Mahender Kumar Sharma- K.N.V. Institute of Business Management-Rajkot
KNV Institute of Business Management
Metoda-Rajkot
Subject- Legal Aspect of Business (LAB) CC302
Faculty: Dr. M K Sharma
MBA SEM III
The Indian Contract Act, 1872
Introduction
This Act may be called be the Indian Contract Act, 1872.
It extends to the whole of except the State of Jammu and Kashmir; and it shall come into force
on the first day of September, 1872.
Prior to the enactment of the Indian Contract act, 1872, English common law was applied in
India.
In English common law there was so many indiscriminately, which led to many inconveniences
so we need a common law which applied on each and every Indian citizen.
Important vocabulary of Indian Contract Act. 1872
PROPOSAL
According to ICA 1872 Section 2(a),” When one person signifies to another his willingness to do
or to abstain from doing anything, with a view to obtaining the assent of that other to such act or
abstinence, he is said to make a proposal”.Acceptance
According to ICA 1872 Section 2(b),” When a person to whom the proposal is made, signifies
his assent thereto, the proposal is said to be accepted.
A proposal, when a accepted, becomes a promise;
Promisor and Promisee
According to ICA 1872 Section 2(c),” The person making the proposal is called the
"promisor“(proposer), and the person accepting the proposal is called "promisee“(offeree).
PROPOSAL + ACCEPTANCE = PROMISE
Consideration
According to ICA 1872 Section 2(d),” When, at the desire of the promisor, the promisee
or any other person has done or abstained from doing, or
does or abstains from doing, or
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promises to do or to abstain from doing something,
such act or abstinence or promise is called a consideration for the promise”
Agreement
According to ICA 1872 Section 2(e),” Every promise and every set of promises, forming
the consideration for each other, is an agreement;
PROPOSAL + ACCEPTANCE+CONSIDERATION = AGREEMENT
Reciprocal Promises
According to ICA 1872 Section 2(f),” Promises which form the consideration or part of
the consideration for each other are called reciprocal promises.
Void Agreement
According to ICA 1872 Section 2(g), “ An agreement not enforceable by law is said to be
void agreement.
Voidable Contract
According to ICA 1872 Section 2(i), “An agreement which is enforceable by law at the option of
one or more of the parties thereto, but not at the option of the other or others, is a voidable
contract.
Void Contract
According to ICA 1872 Section 2(j), “A contract which ceases to be enforceable by law becomes
void when it ceases to be enforceable.
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CONTRACT & ESSETIAL ELEMENTS OF CONTRACT
Meaning and Definitions of contract
What is contract?
• An agreement enforceable by law is a contract.
• An agreement, the object of which is to create an obligation is a contract.
• When an agreement compels another to do something, it is a contract.
• In conclusion A contract is an agreement enforceable by law, made between at least two
parties by which rights are acquired by one and obligations are created on the part of
another. It the party, which had agreed to do something, fails to do that, and then the
other party has a remedy.
• According to the ICA 1872, Sec.2 (a), “An agreement enforceable by law is a contract.
• According to Salmond J, “A contract is an agreement creating and def ining obligations
between the parties”.
• According to Blackstone, “A contract is an agreement upon a sufficient consideration to
do or not to do a particular thing.
Essential elements of a contract
• Different sections of the Indian Contract Act lay down the essential elements of the
contract. They are as fellows:-
1.
More than one party2. Proposal and acceptance
3. Intention to create legal relations
4. Contractual capacity of the parties
Major
Sound mind
Qualified from contracting by any law to which he is subject
• 5. Consent
• 6. Free consent
Coercion
Under influence
Fraud
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Misrepresentation
Mistake
• 7.Lawful consideration
• 8. Lawful object
Where it is forbidden by law
Where it is of such a nature that it permitted it would defeat the provision of
any law
Where it is fraudulent
Where it involves or implies injury to the person or property of another.
Where the count regards it as immoral or opposed to public policy
• 9. Certainty
• 10.Possibility of performance
• 11. Agreements must not be expressly declared void.
• 12. Compliance of legal formalities.
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Types of Contracts or Agreement
Types of contracts and agreements are divided in basis:-
On the basis of Validity:
1. Valid contract :
2. Void agreement
3. Void contract
4. Voidable contract
5. Illegal contract :
6. Unenforceable contract :
On the basis of Formation
1. Express contract
A contract is express when the parties state its terms and conditions and show
their assent by words, either oral or written.
2. Implied contract
A contract made otherwise than in words is called implied contract. It is interred
from the acts or conduct of the parties or by their surrounding circumstances but not by the
written or spoken.
3. Quasi- contract
A quasi contract is created by law.
Thus, quasi contracts are strictly not contracts as there is no intention of parties to
enter into a contract.
It is legal obligation which is imposed on a party who is required to perform it.
A quasi contract is based on the principle that a person shall not be allowed to
enrich himself at the expense of another.
On the basis of Performance
Contract may be classified according to extent of execution or performance under two heads:-
1. Executed contract:- A contract in which all the parties to the contract have
performed their respective obligations, is known as executed contract.
2. Executory contract:- An executory contract is one in which all or something
still remains to be performed by the parties.
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On the basis of extent of execution or performance, the contracts can also be classified as
fellows:-
1. Bilateral contract:- A bilateral contract is one in which both the parties
exchange a promise to each other.
2. Unilateral contract:-A unilateral contract is one in which offeror promises to
do something only when the offeree has done his desired task or act.
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PROPOSAL
Every contract needs an agreement and agreement arises when a definite proposal is made by
one party and unconditionally accepted by the other, to whom it is made. Thus, a lawful proposal
and its acceptance is a must for creation of a valid contract.
The term proposal is similar to the term offer of the English law.
The term proposal has been defined in the Indian contract act as under:
"When one person signifies to another his willingness to do or to abstain from
doing anything with a view to obtaining the assent of that other to such act or abstinence, he is
said to make a proposal/offer.” [Sec.2 (a)]
The person making the proposal is known as the “proposer” or offeror and the
person to whom it is made is known as “offeree”.
Basic Characteristics of Proposal
A valid proposal is said to be constituted when it possesses the following basic
characteristics:-
1. At least two parties
2. A proposal may be positive or negative
3. A proposal must be made to obtain assent
4. Proposal must be made with an intention to create legal relations.
5. It must be signified or communicated
Types of Proposal
On the basis of mode of offer
• On the basis of mode proposal may be divided into two categories:-
1. Express Offer- An offer made in words, written or spoken, is called as an express
offer or proposal.
2. Implied Offer- An offer made otherwise than in words is known as the implied offer.
Such offer is inferred from the conduct of parties or circumstances.
On the basis of Offerees
• There are two types of offers on the basis of offerees:-
• 1. Specific Offer 2. General offer
• 1.Specific Offer
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An offer made to a specific or a particular or an ascertained person is known as
specific offer. Such an offer can be accepted by the particular or specific to who it has made and
none else. [
Bolton v. Jones ]
• 2. General offer
An offer made to the public at large or to the whole world, is a general offer. Such
an offer may be accepted by any person from among the public who has the knowledge of it. It
does not require any prior acceptance.
[Carllil v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.]
On the basis of Nature of Offer
• On the basis of their nature offer may also be classified into three kinds:-
• 1.Cross offer
• 2.Counter offer
• 3.Standing offer
1. Cross Offer
When two parties make identical offers (i.e. similar in terms and conditions etc.)
to each other without having knowledge of each other‟s are k nown as cross offers. Such offers
do not constitute a contract even though both the parities intend to do or not to do the same thing.When one of the parties accepts the offer of the other party, contract comes into existence.
2. Counter offer
When an offer is accepted on the terms and conditions other than set out by the
offeror, it is not an acceptance but a counter offer.
A counter offer is in fact not only a rejection of the original offer but also is a new
offer by the original offeree.
3. Standing offer
A standing offer is an offer which is open for acceptance over a period of time.
This is also known as continuing or open offer.
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Legal rules as to offer/proposal
In order to make a valid offer, certain rules must be followed. These rules have been laid by the
Indian Contract Act as well as by certain law courts while deciding the cases that came before
them. Some of the fundamental rules are summarized as fellows:-
• 1. At least two parties
• 2. Offer may be positive or negative
• 3. View to obtain assent
• 4. An intention to create legal relations
• 5. Offer may be either express or implied
• 6. Offer may be either specific or general.
• 7. Offer must be definite (certain)
• 8. Offer must be communicated
[ Lalman Shukla v. GauriDutt]
• 9. Terms and conditions must be communicated with the offer
• 10. The offer should not bind the other party to reply
• 11. A tender may be an offer or a standing offer
What is not a proposal?
• There are certain communications or document, which resemble as proposals but in fact,
they are not proposal. They are:-• 1. Intention to put a proposal
• 2. Invitation to proposal
Difference between proposal and invitation of proposal
• A proposal should also be distinguished from invitation to proposal or invitation to treat.
The distinction between the two can be drawn as under:-
• Objective
• Creation of agreement
• Obligations
There are a large numbers of statements write-ups or documents which seem to be proposals, but
they are invitations to proposal. A few examples are as follows:-
1. Catalogue or price list 2. Menu card 3.Price tags
4. Time table of carrier
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Acceptance
Acceptance is the assent of the offeree to an offer made to him. It is a communication of his
intention to be bound by the terns of the offer. According to ICA 1872 Sec. 2(b), “when the
person to whom the proposal is made signifies his assent thereto, the proposal is said to be
accepted.”
A proposal when accepted becomes a promise.
• Who accept the proposal
One of the important questions is that who accept the proposal?
• It is depend on the nature of the proposal.
• In case of specific offer the acceptance may be given only by the person to whom the
offer is made.
• In case of general offer every person who know about the offer has right to accept it.
Essential/ legal rules of valid Acceptance
For a valid acceptance of a proposal, certain legal rules must be observed. Some of the rules are
given in the act itself while a few others have been laid down by the courts while deciding the
cases those come before them. Some of the important rules of acceptance are summarized as
under:-
1. Acceptance must be absolute and unqualified and unconditional.
• 2.It must be in prescribed manner
• 3. Acceptance may be given by performance of conditions.
• 4.It may be given by acceptance of consideration
• 5.It may be express or implied
• 6.It must be given within specified or reasonable time
• 7.It must be given while the offer is in force
• 8.It must not precede an offer
• 9.It must be given by the person to whom offer is made
• 10. Acceptance must be communicated.
• 11.Acceptance must be from competent person
• 12.It should be communicated to the offeror himself
When the communication of the proposal is to be completed?
• An offer is complete when it is properly communicated to the offeree.
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• Communication of offer is complete when the offeree comes to knowledge of the person
to whom it is made
When the communication of the Acceptance is to be completed?
• Communication of acceptance of an offer completes at different times as against the
offeror/proposer and offeree. The time of completion of communication of acceptance
against each of them is as fellows:-
• 1.As against the propose/offeror
• 2.As against the acceptor
Revocation of the offer
• Revocation means withdrawing or taking back. Offer as well as acceptance may be
revoked.
• A proposal may be revoked at any time before the communication of acceptance is
complete as against the proposer, but not after wards.
• An acceptance may be revoked at any time before the communication of acceptance is
complete as against the acceptor, but not afterwards.
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CAPACITY TO CONTRACT
According to Section 10, all agreements are contracts if they are made by the parties competent
to contract. Thus the competence or capacity to contract is one of the essential elements of a
valid contact.
Now the question is that what is the meaning of capacity to contract? and Who are competent to
contract?
Capacity or competence to contract means legal capacity of parties to enter into a contract. In
other words, it is the capacity of parties to enter into a legally binding contract.
Who are competent to contract?
Section 11 specifies the persons who are competent to contract. According to the section 11,
“Every person is competent to contract who is of the age of majority according to the age to the
law to which he is subject and who is of sound mind and is not disqualified from contracting by
any law to which he is subject”.
Now we can presumes that every person is legally competent to contract if he fulfils three
conditions or possesses three qualifications namely.
1. He has attained the age of majority;
2. He is of sound mind; and
3. He is not disqualified from contracting by any other law to which he is subject
Conversely, it can be said that the persons falling under the following categories are not
competent to contract:
1. Minors
2. Persons of unsound mind; and
3. Persons disqualified from contracting by any other law of the land.
MINORS
Any person who has not attained the age of majority prescribed by law, is known as “minor”
According to Section 3 of the Indian Majority Act, “a minor is a person who has not completed
eighteen years of age . But the same act also mentions that in the following two cases person
attains majority only after he completes his age of twenty-one years:
A. Where a Court has appointed guardian of a minor‟s person or property or both
B. Where the minor‟s property has been placed under the superintendence of a cou rt of
wards.
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RULES/EFFECTS AS TO OR NATURE OF MINOR’S AGREEMENTS
1. Contracts with minor‟s is absolutely void
2. Minor can be a promise or beneficiary
3. No ratification
4. Restitution /Compensation possible
5. No estoppels and can plead minority
6. No specific performance
7. Contract by parent/guardian/manager
8. No liability of parents
9. Minor agent
10. Minor partner
11. Guarantee for and by minor
12. Minor and insolvency
13. Minor as joint promisor
14. Minor shareholders
15. Minor and Negotiable Instruments Acts
16. Liability for necessaries of life
PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND
Section 11 requires that in order to be competent to contract, a person must be sound mind
What is a sound mind?
According ICA Section 12, “A person is said to be of sound mind for the purpose of making a
contract if, at the time when he makes it, he is capable of understanding it and of forming a
rational judgment as to its effect upon his interests”.
Thus a person is of a sound mind if he satisfies the following conditions:-
1) The person is capable of understanding the contract at the time of making it; and
2) The person is capable of making a rational judgement as to the effect of the contract upon
his interest.
When soundness of mind is required?
The soundness mind is required only at the time of making a contract.
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PERSONS DISQUALIFIED BY OTHER LAWS - There are certain persons who are
disqualified from contracting by the other laws of our country. They are as under;
1) Alien enemy
2) Foreign sovereigns, diplomatic staff etc.
3) Corporations and companies
4) Insolvents
5) Convicts
6) Women
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FREE CONSENT
All of we know that to constitute valid contract consent of all the parties is necessary and this
consent also must be free.
Now the question is that what is the meaning of consent and when consent is to be known as free
consent?
Consent is an absolute and unconditional assent to an offer given by the Oferee.
According to the ICA1872 Section 13, “Two or more persons are said to consent when they
agree upon the same thing in the same sense.”
FREE CONSENT
Free consent is the consent given by the sweet will of the parties and not caused by any form of
physical or mental force or any kind of mistake.
According to the ICA1872 Section 14, consent is said to be free when it is not caused by-
1. Coercion as defined in Section 15 or
2. Undue influence as defined in Section 16 or
3. Fraud, as defined in Section 17 or
4. Misrepresentation, as defined in Section 18, or
5. Mistake , subject to the provisions of Sections 20,21,and 22
Coercion
Generally speaking coercion means use or threatening to use the physical force against a person
or property, to compel him to enter into a contract.
According to the ICA 1872 Section 15, “Coercion is the committing, or threatening to commit,
any act forbidden by the IPC or the unlawful detaining, or threatening to detain, any property, to
the prejudice of any person whatever, with the intention of causing any person to enter into an
agreement.”
Main Elements of above definition
1. Committing any act forbidden by the IPC
2. Threatening to commit any act forbidden by the IPC
3. Threat to suicide amount to coercion
4. Unlawful detaining of any property
5. Unlawful threatening to detain any property
6. The intention must be to compel the other person to enter into a contract
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Burdon to prove use of coercion: - The Burdon of proving that the consent was obtained by
coercion lies upon the person who wants to avoid the contract on the ground of coercion.
UNDUE INFLUENCE
Undue influence is a kind of moral coercion. It is happens when a dominant party misuses his
influence to dominate the will of the weaker party, to get unfair advantage, in a contract the
contract is said to be influenced by undue influence.
According to the ICA 1872 Section 16(1), “A contract is said to be induced by undue influence
where the relations subsisting between the parties and such that one of the parties is in a position
to dominate the will of the other and uses that position to obtain an unfair advantage over the
other.”
Main Elements of above definition
1. The relation between the parties
2. The use of dominant position
3. The dominant party obtains unfair advantage.
Persons in Dominant Position
In the following three cases, a person is deemed or presumed to be in a position to dominate the
will of another:-
1. In case of a real or apparent authority
2. In case of fiduciary relation ( trustful relation)
3. In case of person under mental or bodily stress
Burdon to prove use of undue influence:- in the ordinary cases the burden of proving undue
influence rests on the person who want to set aside the contract. In case of unconscionable
transaction the weaker party is required to prove that at the time of consent undue influence is
used.
FRAUD
Generally speaking, fraud is the intentional misresentation or concealment of material facts of an
agreement by a party to or by his agent with an intention to deceive and induce the other party to
enter into an agreement. Here, to deceive means to induce a person to believe that a fact is true,
which is in fact false.
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According to the ICA 1872 Section 17, “Fraud" means and includes any of the following acts
committed by a party to a contract, or with his connivance, or by his agents, with intent to
deceive another party thereto his agent, or to induce him to enter into the contract;
(1) The suggestion as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who does not believe it to be true;
(2) The active concealment of a fact by one having knowledge or belief of the fact;
(3) A promise made without any intention of performing it;
(4) Any other act fitted to deceive;
(5) Any such act or omission as the law specially declares to be fraudulent
Main Elements of above definition
1. The parties committing fraud
2. The fraudulent acts
-False suggestion or statement
-Active concealment of the fact
-A promise not intended to be performed
-Any other act fitted to deceive
-Declared fraudulent act or omission
3. Intention to deceive or induce
4. The act must have deceived
5. The party must have suffered
6. Generally silence is not a fraud
MISREPRESENTATION
Any innocent or unintentional false statement or assertion of fact made by one party to the other
during the course of negotiation of a contract is called a misrepresentation.
According to the ICA 1872 Section 18, “Misrepresentation" means and includes -
(1) The positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the
person making it, of that which is not true, though he believes it to be true;
(2) Any breach of duty which, without an intent to deceive, gains an advantage to the person
committing it, or anyone claiming under him; by misleading another to his prejudice, or to the
prejudice of any one claiming under him;
(3) Causing, however innocently, a party to an agreement, to make a mistake as to the substance
of the thing which is subject of the agreement.
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Main Elements of above definition
1. Misrepresentation must be or must have become a false statement but the person making
it must honestly believe in it to be true
2. The misrepresentation must have been made without any intention to deceive the other
party
3. It must relate to the material facts of the contract.
4. Misrepresentation may be caused by representing half-truths.
5. The misrepresentation must have been made before conclusion of the contract.
6. The misrepresentation must have been made for the purpose of inducing another party to
make a contract.
MISTAKE
Mistake is a misconception or misimpression or misunderstanding or erroneous behalf about
something.
When the consent of one or both the parties to a contract is caused by these things, the contract is
said to be induced by mistake.
Usually, mistake does not affect the validity of a contract. Mistake may broadly be classified
under two heads
1. Mistake by Law 2. Mistake by fact
Mistake by law may be of two types
(a) Mistake of law of the land
(b) Mistake of foreign law
Mistake by fact is a mistake as to material fact of the contract. Mistake of fact may be of two
types
(a) Bilateral mistake
(b) Unilateral mistake
CONSIDERATION
An agreement to be enforceable by law must be supported by consideration. Generally an
agreement without consideration is void and therefore not enforceable by law. So, consideration
is one of the most essential elements of a valid contract.
Now question is that what do you mean by consideration?
Meaning and definitions of consideration
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Consideration consists of promises or performance that the parties to a contract exchange with
each other. It is, in a sense the „price‟ that the promisee pays for the promise or performance of
the promisor.
According to Blackstone, “Consideration is the r ecompense given by the party contracting to the
other.”
Sir Fredrick Pollock defines consideration “as an act or forbearance of the one party or the
promise thereof is the price for which promise of the other is bought…”
According to ICA 1872, “when at the desire of the promisor, the promisee or any other person
has done or abstained from doing or does or abstains from doing, or promises to do or to abstain
from doing, something, such act or abstinence or promise is called a consideration for the
promise.
An analysis of this definition reveals the following essentials of valid consideration:-
1. The consideration must be at the desire of the promisor.
2. The consideration may consist of some actor abstinence from doing some act.
3. The act or abstinence may relate to past, present or future.
4. The act or abstinence may be by the promisee himself or by any other person on his
behalf.
5. Such an act or abstinence or promise is a consideration for the promise given by the
promisor to the promisee.
Essentials/ Legal Rules as to Consideration
1. Consideration must be at the desire of the promisor
2. It need not benefit the promisor himself
3. It may be given by the promisee or any other person
4. It may be some act or abstinence or promise
5. It may be past, present or future
6. Consideration need not be adequate
7. It must be real, not illusory
8. it must be something more than the promisor‟s existing obligation
9. It must not be unlawful
10. It must be certain and not be impossible
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CONTRACT WITHOUT CONSIDERATION IS VOID
Consideration is an important essential element of a contract. If there is a absence of
consideration than no agreements will be converted into a contract. This is the general rule of
Indian contract Act 1872.
According to the IAC 1872 Section 25, “An agreement without consideration is void subject to
certain exceptions. Following are the exceptional cases under which agreement is valid and
enforceable even without consideration.
1. Agreement on account of natural love and affection :- Where an agreement is made on
account of natural love and affection between the parties it is valid even without
consideration provided following conditions are satisfied:
(a) It is expressed in writing
(b) It is registered under the law
(c) It is made only out of natural love and affection between the parties ; and
(d) The parties are standing in a near relation to each other {25(1)}
2. Promise to compensate voluntary service :- A promise to compensate a person, wholly or
in part, is valid even without consideration in the following cases:- [25(2)]
(a) If the person has already voluntarily done something for the promisor; or
(b) If the person has done something which the promisor was legally compelled to do so.
3. Promise to pay a time-barred debt [25(3)]
4. Gift actually made
5. Promise to charities
6. Contract of agency
7. Contracts of gratuitous bailment
8. Remission
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PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACT
Every contract creates legal obligations between the parties. Therefore, every party is bound to
discharge them. Performance is the natural way of discharging the obligations under a contract.
Meaning of Performance of Contract
Performance of contract means performing all the promises and fulfilling all the obligations
required by the contract.
Modes of Performance
The Contract Act prescribes the modes or types of performance or contracts. Accordingly parties
to a contract must either perform or offer to perform their respective promises, unless such
performance is dispensed with or excused under the provisions of the Contract Act or of any
other law.
Section37 also makes it clear that a contract may be performed in either of the two ways:-
1. By performing promise means actual performance
2. By offer to perform promise means offer or tender of performance
Actual Performance:- Actual performance takes place when both the parties to a contract
perform their respective promises and nothing remains to be performed in future by them.
Offer or Tender of Performance:- Another way of performing a contract is to make tender or
offer of performance to the promise. When a party offers performance of his obligation to the
other party, it is called a tender of performance.
TYPES OF TENDER OR OFFER
1. Tender of goods and services:- When a promisor offers delivery of goods or service to
the promise, it is said to be tender of goods or services. In case a promise does not accept
a valid tender, it has the following effects;
(a) The promisor is not responsible for non-performance of the contract.
(b) The promisor is discharged from his obligation under the contract. Therefore he need
not offer again.
(c) He does not lose his right under the contract. Therefore he can sue the promise.
2. Tender of money:- Tender of money is an offer to make payment. In case a valid tender
of money is not accepted, it will have following effect:-
(a) The offeror or debtor is not discharge from his obligation to pay the amount.
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(b) The offeror/debtor is discharged from his liability for payment of interest from the
date of the tender of money.
Conditions or essentials of a Valid Tender
Every valid tender must fulfill the following conditions:
1. The offer or tender of performance must be Unconditional.
2. A tender must be for the performance of Whole obligation
3. It must be made at proper time.
4. The tender must be made at proper place
5. The tender gives reasonable opportunity of inspection to promisee
6. The tender must be made by a person who is able and willing there and then to perform
the whole promise
7. A tender of performance must be made to a proper person. (Promisee or authorized
agent)
Person by whom promises is to be performed: If it appears from the nature of the case that it
was the intention of the parties to any contract that any promise contain in it should be performed
by the promisor himself, such promise must be performed by the promisor. In other cases, the
promisor or his representative may employ a competent person to perform it.
Persons Entitled to Demand Performance
1. The Promisee himself
2. The third party
3. Legal Representatives
DISCHARGE OF CONTRACT
The ultimate fate of every contract lies in its discharge. Discharge means “termination” of a
contract.. A contract is discharged when parties to a contract no longer have any obligation
under the contract.
In other words a contract is said to be discharged when both the parties to a contract either
perform or extinguish their respective obligations under the contract. Consequently, the
contractual relations between the parties to a contract come to an end.
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MODES OF DISCHARGE OF CONTRACT
A contract may be discharged in any of the following ways :-
1. By Performance
2. By Agreement or Consent
3. By lapse of time
4. By operation of law
5. By impossibility of performance
6. By breach of contract
1. Discharge by Performance:- If both parties to the contract have performed what they have
agreed to do, the contract is discharged. Performance of obligation by parties to the
contract puts an end to the contract. A contract may be performed either of the following
two ways:-
(a) Actual Performance
(b) Attempted performance or tender
2. Discharge by mutual agreement/ consent:- The parties of the contract may also terminate
or discharge the contract by a fresh agreement by mutual consent. Such an agreement
may be express or implied. Section 62 and 63 of the act provide for various modes of
discharge of existing contract by a fresh agreement. A contract may terminate by mutual
consent in any of the six ways:-
(a) Novation
(b) Rescission
(c) Alternation
(d) Remission
(e) Waiver
(f) Merger
(a) Novation: - Novation means substitution of a new contract for the original one. The new
contract may be substituted either between the same parties or between different parties.
(b) Rescission means cancellation of all or some of the terms of the contract. Where parties
mutually decide to cancel all or some of the terms of the contract, the obligation of the
parties thereunder terminates.
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(c) Alteration: - If the parties mutually are to change certain terms of the contract,. It has the
effect of terminating the original contract. In this case there is no change in the parties of
the contract.
(d) Remission:- It is the acceptance of a lesser sum than what was contracted for or a lesser
fulfillment of the promise made.
(e) Waiver- When a party entitled to claim performance releases the other party from his
obligation to perform it, it is called waiver.
(f) Merger- Merger means merger of two or more rights into one contract. When an existing
inferior right of party merges into a newly acquired superior right by the same party, it is
a merger of rights.
3. Discharge by lapse of Time:- When a contract is to be performed within a stipulated time
period and a party doesn‟t perform it within that time the contract is discharged by
lapse of time fixed for its performance.
4. Discharge by Operation of Law:- A contract is discharged by operation of law in the
following cases:-
(a) Death
(b) Insolvency
(c) Material alteration:-Sometimes a party to a contract `makes material alteration in the
written document of contract without the consent of the other party. In such case the
contract becomes void and stands discharge.
(d) Merger of rights
(e) Rights and liabilities be coming vested in the same person
(f) Loss of evidence of contract
5. Discharge by impossibility of performance: - Where the performance of a contract is
impossible, the contract is void. There are two kinds of impossibility :
(a) Initial impossibility:- Known impossibility unknown impossibility
(b) Subsequent impossibility
Discharge by Breach of Contract
Sometimes a Contract is discharged by its breach. Breach of Contract means refusal or
failure of any one party to perform his contractual obligations under the contract.
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Specifically, a breach of contract occurs when a party to a contract does any of the
following things:
I. Fails or refuses to perform his obligations under the contract.
II. Disables himself from performing his part of the contract.
III. Makes the performance of contract impossible by his own acts.
Types of Breach of Contract
Breach of contract may occur in two ways:-
1) Actual breach; and 2) Anticipatory breach
1. Actual Breach: - Actual breach of contract takes place when a party to a contract
refuses or fails to perform his obligation when it is due. This may also take place in
either of the two ways:
a. On due date of performance
b. During the course of performance of contract :-
a) Express breach
b) Implied breach
2. Anticipatory Breach:- Anticipatory breach of contract occurs when a party to a
contract disables himself from performing or refuses to perform the contract before
the time or date of the performance is due. It is a declaration by one party to a
contract of his intention of not performing the contract prior to the date of
performance. Such a breach is also known as „constructive breach of contract.‟
The effects of anticipatory breach of contract are as follows:-
a. Promisee is excused from performance or from further performance.
b. Thereafter the promisee has two options as to enforcement of his rights under the contract
In first option he may immediately put an end to the contract and treat it as discharged and
can bring an action against the party at default for breach of contract.
In the second option he may treat the contract as alive and wait for performance till the
agreed date or time arrives.
REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT
A breach of contract discharges the promisee from his obligation of performing the contract. At
the same time, the law provides certain remedies to the promise, i.e. the injured party against the
promisor or the party at default to enforce his rights under the contract.
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An injured or aggrieved party has one or more of the following remedies:-
1. Suit for rescission of the contract:- Rescission of contract means cancellation or putting
an end to a contract. If one party has broken his part of the promise under a contract,
the aggrieved party may also rescind the contract. The aggrieved party need not perform
his part of promise under the contract. He is further entitled to compensation for the
damages sustained by him through the non-fulfillment of the promise.
2. Suit for Damages:- the aggrieved party is entitled to file a suit for compensation of
damages caused to him by the breach of contract. Damages are the monetary award
granted to an aggrieved party for the breach of contract. Damages may be ordinary,
special, exemplary or nominal. Usually the court awards ordinary or natural damages
which arise in the usual course of things from breach of contract.
3. Suit on Quantum Meruit:-When an aggrieved party has partly performed a contract he
can sue for the value of such part of performance. In case of breach of contract this suit is
known as suit on quantum meruit i.e. for as much as earned by the party. This remedy is
available only under specific circumstances. This right is available in addition to the right
to damages.
4. Suit for Specific Performance:- where for the breach of contract, damages are inadequate
remedy, the court may order the party for specific performance of the contract. However
the specific performance will not be granted in every case.
5. Suit for Injunction:- An aggrieved party can sue for injunction and court may issue an
injunction against the party to a contract. Injunction prohibits a party from doing or
continuing to do something which amount to breach of contract, it is generally issued to
secure specific performance of negative terms of a contract.
Contracts of Indemnity
Indemnity is a contract entered into with the purpose of saving a person from loss arising from
the conduct of any person.
According to Indian Contract Act 1872, Section 124, “A Contract, by which one party promises
to save the other from loss caused to him by the conduct of the promisor himself, or by the
conduct of any other person, is called a "contract of indemnity".
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In the contract of Indemnity a security is provided to the promisee against any anticipated loss.
The promisee is protected and assured of being compensated or the loss if any arising out of the
contract.
The person who gives the promise to save any anticipated loss is known as Indemnifier and the
person who received the promise to save any anticipated loss in known as Indemnity-Holder.
All the contracts of general insurance come in contracts of indemnity in which Insurance
Company gives the promise about saving a person from loss. However in the case of insurance
the loss is caused by a contingent event, while in an indemnity, the loss is caused directly by the
conduct of a person.
Essential Elements of Contract of Indemnity
1. Contract of indemnity must contain all the essentials of a valid contract.
2. The promisee of the indemnity-holder must have suffered a loss.
3. Promise to save certain losses as per the contract.
4. Liability of Indemnifier develops when actual loss occurs.
5. Repayment the money up to the actual loss.
6. Contracts of Indemnity may be express, implied or oral.
Rights of Indemnity-Holder
Section 125 of IAC defines the rights of the indemnity-holders. These are as follows:-
1. Claims for Damages
2. Claims for Costs
3. Claims for sum paid
4. Suit for specific performance
Rights of Indemnifier
The act makes no mention of the right of indemnifier. However his rights in such case are similar
to the rights of a surety under section 141, he becomes entitled to the benefit of all the securities
which the creditor has against the principal debtor whether he was aware of them or not.
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CONTRACTS OF GUARANTEE
The law relating to the contracts of guarantee is given in the Indian Contract Act, 1872(Section
126-147).
Now the question is that what is Guarantee? or what do mean by Guarantee?
The definition of the Guarantee is given in the Section 126 of ICA 1872. According to this
Section, “A Contract of Guarantee is a contract to perform the promise, or discharge the
liability of a third person in case of his default.”
The person who gives the guarantee is called the „surety‟, the person in respect of whose default
the guarantee is given is called the „ principal debtor‟, and the person to whom the guarantee is
given is known the „creditor‟.
Essential of the contract of Guarantee
1. Guarantee may be express or implied.
2. The liability of the surety is secondary
3. Accept the liability independently is not a guarantee.
4. Guarantee is given always on the request of principal debtor
5. Three party
6. Three contract
7. Nature of the liability
(a) Cash related liability( loan related)
(b) Goods related liability (to give the goods on credit basic)
(c) Conduct related liability
8. All the essential elements of a valid agreement
KINDS OF GUARANTEE
1. Oral or written Guarantee: - A contract of guarantee may either be oral or in written.
Generally creditors should always prefer to put it in writing to avoid any dispute
regarding the terms. In case of and oral agreement the existence of the agreement itself is
very difficult to prove.
2. Specific Guarantee:- A guarantee is a “specific guarantee‟ if it is intended to be
applicable to a particular debt and thus comes to end on its repayment. A specific
guarantee once given is irrevocable.
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3. Continuing Guarantee:- A guarantee which extend to a series of transactions is called a
„continuing guarantee‟ (Sec.129). A guarantee regarding the conduct of another person is
continuing guarantee. A continuing guarantee can be revoked regarding further
transactions. However, continuing guarantee cannot be revoked regarding transactions
that have already taken place.
Revocation of the Continuing Guarantee or Discharge of Surety
A Continuing Guarantee can be revoked only as to „future transactions‟ in any of the
following ways:-
(1) By Notice (Sec.130)
(2) By the death of the surety (Sec.131)
(3) By variance in terms of the contract (Sec.133)
(4) By release or discharge of principal debtor(Sec.134)
(5) By compounding with, or giving time to or agreeing not to sue, principal debtor
(Sec.135)
(6) By creditor‟s act or omission impairing surety‟s eventual remedy(Sec.139)
(7) Loss of security(Sec.141)
(8) In case of guarantee by misrepresentation (Sec.142)
(9) In case of guarantee by concealment(Sec.142)
(10) When it is against public policy
Rights and Obligations of the Creditor
Right of a Creditor:-
The creditor is entitled to demand payment from the surety as soon as the principal
debtor refuses to pay or makes default in payment. When surety is insolvent, the creditor
entitled to proceed in the surety‟s insolvency and claim to pro rata dividend.
Obligations of a Creditor
1. Not to change any terms of the original contract
2. Not to release or discharge the principal debtor
3. Not to compound or give time to or agree not to sue the principal debtor.
4. Not to do any act inconsistent with the rights or the surety.
Rights of Surety in Guarantee contract
Rights of a surety may be classified under three heads:
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(A) Rights against the creditor
1. Right to acquire security
2. Right of subrogation
3. Right to set- off
4. Right to get dismissed from service in case of fidelity guarantee
(B)Rights against the Principal Debtors
1. Right of subrogation (Sec.140)
2. Right to recover sum paid (Sec.145)
3. Right to claim cost and interest
(C) Right against Co- sureties
1. Right to claim contribution
2. In case of discharged Co-surety
3. Right to share benefits of securities
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BAILMENT
The Indian contract act deals with two special classes of contracts, namely bailment and pledge.
Sections 148 to 171 deal with the law of bailment.
Meaning and Definition of Bailment
The word bailment is derived from the French word „baillier‟ which means to deliver. In daily
life, people deliver goods of things to each other and knowingly or innocently enter into a
contract of bailment.
According to Section 148, “A "bailment" is the delivery of goods by one person to another for
some purpose, upon a contract that they shall, when the purpose is accomplished, be returned or
otherwise disposed of according to the direction of the person delivering them”.
The person who delivering the goods is called the bailor and the person to whom the goods are
delivered under the contract of a bailment is a bailee.
Sometimes there may be a sub-bailee in a bailment. When a bailee with the express or implied
consent of the bailor, again bails the goods to a third party is known as sub-bailee.
Essential Elements of Bailment
Bailment has the following essential elements/features:-
1. Contract
2. Goods
3. Delivery of goods
4. Purpose
5. Return of goods
6. Return of the same goods
Specific cases of Bailment
1. Goods seized by authorities
2. Hire purchase
3. Fair price shop
4. Common carrier
5. Cloak room
6. Post office
No bailment cases
1. Bank deposit
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2. Collection of money by agent
3. Bank locker or safety vault
Modes of Delivery of Goods
According to Section 149 delivery of goods to the bailee may be made by doing anything which
has the effect of putting the goods in the possession of the intended bailee or any person
authorized to hold then on his behalf. Thus, the delivery of goods may take place in any one of
the following ways:-
1. Actual Delivery- When goods are physically handed over by the bailor to the bailee, it is
said to be an actual delivery.
2. Symbolic Delivery- This mode is generally used when the goods are bulky or ponderous
(heavy) and which cannot be handed over manually. Symbolic delivery is the delivery
where goods are not physically handed over but delivered by doing something which has
the effect of putting the goods in the possession of the intended bailee.
3. Constructive Delivery- Constructive delivery takes place when the goods are delivered
by the bailor to any person authorized to hold then on behalf of the bailee.
Types of Bailment- According to the Indian contract act there are two types of bailment on the
basis of reward:
1. Gratuitous Bailment- A gratuitous bailment is one where no consideration or
remuneration passes between the bailor and the bailee. It is a bailment without any charge
or reward.
Rules of Gratuitous bailment- The rules of gratuitous bailment or the duties and rights of
gratuitous bailor are as under:
(1) Duty to disclose known faults (Section 150)
(2) Right to require return of goods
(3) Duty to repay expenses (Section 158)
(4) Duty to indemnify in case of premature terminations (Section 159)
(5) Termination by death (Section 160)
2. Non-Gratuitous Bailment- Non-gratuitous bailment is also known as bailment for
reward. It is a bailment where at least some consideration passes between the bailor and
the bailee.
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Duties or Liabilities of Bailor:-Following are the duties of a bailor:-
1. Duty to deliver the goods
2. To disclose faults in the goods
3. To repay expenses
4. To indemnify in case of premature termination
5. To indemnify the bailee for breach of warranties
6. To pay remuneration or charges to the bailee
7. To receive back the goods or to give direction for its disposal
Duties or Liabilities of Bailee
1. To take care of the goods bailed
2. To indemnify in case of negligence
3. Not to do any act inconsistent with conditions
4. Not to make unauthorized use of goods
5. Not to mix the goods with his own goods
6. To return the goods
7. To return increase or profit from goods
8. Not to set up adverse title
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PLEDGE
The bailment of goods as security for payment of a debt or performance of a promise is called
pledge.
In this case bailor is called the pawnor and bailee is called the Pawnee. The transaction between
pawnor and Pawnee is known as pledge.
In the pledge contract only movable property can be pledged as a security for payment of a debt.
Essentials of Pledge Contracts
1. The goods must be delivered as security for payment of a debt or for performance of a
promise
2. There must be actual or constructive delivery of goods in pledged.
3. The pledge can be made of movable goods only. Movable goods include documents,
shares, or valuable things.
4. Transfer of possession is essential.
Difference between pledge and bailment
pledge Bailment
1) Goods are pledged to ensure repayment
of a debt or for performance of a
promise.
Goods may be bailed for any purpose.
2)
Goods are pledged as a security Goods are bailed for carrying out a specificpurpose or for a particular period of time.
Rights of a Pawnee
1. To retain the goods (Section 173and 174) – the pawnee may retain the goods for---
(a) Payment of the debt or the performance of the promise;
(b) Interest on the debt; and
(c) All necessary expenses incurred by him in respect of the possession or for the
preservation of the goods pledged.
2. To recover extra-ordinary expenses(Section 175)
3. Right on pawnor‟s default (Sec.176)- If the pawnor makes default in payment of the debt,
or performance of a promise at the stipulated time in respect of which the goods were
pledged---
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(a) The pawnee may bring a suit against the pawnor upon the debt or promise;
(b) Retain the goods pledged as a collateral security;
(c) He may sell the goods pledged, on giving the pawnor reasonable notice of the sale.
Rights of a Pawnor
1. Right of redemption
2. Preservation and maintenance
3. To receive back the goods
Pledge by persons other than the true owner
In general goods may be pledged by the owner of the goods. In the following cases, a valid
pledge may be made by a person who is not the true owner of the goods:-
1. Pledge by mercantile agent (Sec.178)
2. Pledge by a person in possession of goods under voidable contract (Sec.178)
3. Pledge by a person with limited interest (Sec.179)
4. Pledge by seller or buyer in sole possession ( Sec. 30 of Sale of Goods Act 1930)
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AGENCY
An agency is the relation between an agent and his principal created by an express or implied
agreement whereby an agent is authorized by his principal to represent him and establish
contractual relations, with third parties.
Essentials of Agency
The essential of an agency are summarized as under:-
1. Name of a relation
2. Agreement, not necessarily a contract
3. Competence of the principal
4. Consideration not necessary
5. Free consent
6. Intention to create contractual relations
7. Other essentials
Who is an Agent?
According to ICA 1872 Section 182, “An agent is a person employed to do any act for another or
to represent another in dealing with third person .
Thus an agent is a person appointed by a principal for establishing his principal‟s contractual
relations with third parties as per the directions and authority given by the principal. The agent is
the connecting link or intermediary between the principal and third party. He is empowered by
the principal to create legal relationship between him and third parties.
Who may be a Principal or who may employ and agent?
According to ICA 1872 Section 182, “A principal is the person who employs an agent. He is the
person for whom some act is done by an agent or who is represented in dealings with third
persons by an agent.”
According to ICA 1872 Section 183, “Any person who is competent to act for himself, may
become a principal. Therefore, any person who is of the age of majority and who is of sound
mind may employ agent.”
An agent is generally appointed by the principal but it is not necessary that only principal can
employ an agent. Any person authorized by law to employ an agent can employ an agent.
Following persons can also appoint agents:-
1. A Corporation or a Company
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2. A natural or a Court guardian
3. Several principals may jointly appoint an agent
Who may be an agent?
According to ICA 1872 Section 184, “As between the principal and third persons, any person
may become an agent. Even a minor or a person of unsound mind can be appointed as an agent.
CREATION OF AGENCY
Following are the ways in which an agency may be created:-
1. Agency by express agreement or authority
2. Agency by implied agreement or authority
a) Agency by estoppels
b) Agency by holding out
c) Agency by necessity
3. Agency by ratification
4. Agency by operation of law