Law of Contract – I
Essentials of a valid contract, offer, acceptance, consideration, capacity to contract, and free consent.
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Law of Contract – I
Essentials of a valid contract, offer, acceptance, consideration, capacity to contract, and free consent.
41
Notes
42
Case laws
39
MCQs
5
Important questions
Bare Acts
1. Definition and Nature of Contract | Agreement vs. Contract
Unit 1 · 12 min read
2. Essentials of a Valid Contract (Section 10)
Unit 1 · 12 min read
3. Offer and Acceptance — Meaning, Definition and Essential Rules
Unit 1 · 12 min read
4. Communication and Revocation of Offer and Acceptance
Unit 1 · 13 min read
5. Consideration — Salient Features and Exceptions
Unit 1 · 13 min read
6. Doctrine of Privity of Contract and Exceptions
Unit 1 · 12 min read
7. Standard Form Contracts and E-Contracts
Unit 1 · 12 min read
1. Capacity to Contract — Who the Law Lets You Bind
Unit 2 · 11 min read
2. Minor's Agreements — Why the Law Treats Them as Void, Not Voidable
Unit 2 · 10 min read
3. Persons of Unsound Mind and Persons Disqualified by Law
Unit 2 · 9 min read
4. Free Consent and Undue Influence
Unit 2 · 11 min read
5. Fraud, Misrepresentation and Mistake
Unit 2 · 12 min read
6. Agreements Opposed to Public Policy, Unlawful Consideration and Object
Unit 2 · 11 min read
7. Illegal and Uncertain Agreements
Unit 2 · 10 min read
8. Void and Voidable Contracts — Bringing Unit II Together
Unit 2 · 11 min read
1. Discharge of Contract — Meaning and the Six Modes
Unit 3 · 9 min read
2. Discharge by Performance — Who Must Perform, and Tender of Performance
Unit 3 · 13 min read
3. Appropriation of Payments and Performance by Joint Promisors
Unit 3 · 11 min read
4. Discharge by Agreement — Novation, Remission, and Accord and Satisfaction
Unit 3 · 11 min read
5. Discharge by Impossibility of Performance — The Doctrine of Frustration
Unit 3 · 13 min read
6. Discharge by Breach of Contract — Anticipatory Breach and Actual Breach
Unit 3 · 11 min read
1. Contingent Contracts — Promises That Depend on an Uncertain Future Event
Unit 4 · 12 min read
2. Quasi-Contracts — Obligations the Law Creates Without an Agreement
Unit 4 · 12 min read
3. Gratuitous and Non-Gratuitous Acts — Compensation Under Section 70
Unit 4 · 11 min read
4. Finder of Goods — Rights and Duties Under Section 71
Unit 4 · 12 min read
5. Things Delivered by Mistake or Coercion — Recovery Under Section 72
Unit 4 · 11 min read
6. Quantum Meruit — Payment for Value Given When No Price Was Fixed
Unit 4 · 12 min read
7. Kinds of Damages — Measuring Compensation for Breach Under Sections 73 and 74
Unit 4 · 13 min read
8. Duty to Mitigate — Why Damages Are Capped at the Avoidable Loss
Unit 4 · 11 min read
1. Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Nature, Scheme and Kinds of Relief
Unit 5 · 13 min read
2. Recovery of Possession of Property — Sections 5 to 8
Unit 5 · 13 min read
3. Specific Performance of Contracts — When a Court Will Order It
Unit 5 · 14 min read
4. Who May Sue, Personal Bars and Substituted Performance — Sections 15 to 20
Unit 5 · 15 min read
5. Rectification of Instruments — Section 26
Unit 5 · 10 min read
6. Rescission and Cancellation of Instruments — Sections 27 to 33
Unit 5 · 14 min read
7. Declaratory Decrees — Sections 34 and 35
Unit 5 · 11 min read
8. Preventive Relief — Injunctions Generally, Temporary, Perpetual, Mandatory and Prohibitory — Sections 36 to 42
Unit 5 · 13 min read
9. Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
Unit 5 · 11 min read
10. Infrastructure Projects — Special Provisions (Sections 20A to 20C and 41(ha))
Unit 5 · 12 min read
11. Arbitration Clauses in Infrastructure Contracts — The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
Unit 5 · 13 min read
12. Impact of Covid-19 on Specific Performance of Contracts
Unit 5 · 12 min read
Balfour v. BalfourLandmark
Unit 1 · 1919 (decided 25 June 1919)
Balfour v. Balfour (బాల్ఫోర్ v. బాల్ఫోర్)Landmark
Unit 1 · 1919 (తీర్పు 1919 జూన్ 25న)
Harvey v. FaceyLandmark
Unit 1 · 1893 (decided 29 July 1893)
Harvey v. Facey (హార్వే v. ఫేసీ)Landmark
Unit 1 · 1893 (తీర్పు 1893 జూలై 29న)
Hyde v. WrenchLandmark
Unit 1 · 1840 (decided 8 December 1840)
Hyde v. Wrench (హైడ్ v. రెంచ్)Landmark
Unit 1 · 1840 (తీర్పు 8 డిసెంబర్ 1840న)
Lalman Shukla v. Gauri DuttLandmark
Unit 1 · 1913 (decided 17 April 1913)
Lalman Shukla v. Gauri Dutt (లాల్మన్ శుక్లా v. గౌరీ దత్)Landmark
Unit 1 · 1913 (తీర్పు 17 ఏప్రిల్ 1913న)
Ramsgate Victoria Hotel Co. Ltd. v. MontefioreLandmark
Unit 1 · 1866 (decided January 1866)
Ramsgate Victoria Hotel Co. Ltd. v. Montefiore (రామ్స్గేట్ విక్టోరియా హోటల్ కో. v. మాంటిఫియోర్)Landmark
Unit 1 · 1866 (తీర్పు జనవరి 1866న)
Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.Landmark
Unit 1 · 1893 (decided 7 December 1892; reported 1893)
Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. (కార్లిల్ v. కార్బాలిక్ స్మోక్ బాల్ కో.)Landmark
Unit 1 · 1893 (తీర్పు 7 డిసెంబర్ 1892న; నివేదిక 1893)
Derry v. PeekLandmark
Unit 2 · 1889 (decided 1 July 1889)
Derry v. Peek (డెర్రీ v. పీక్)Landmark
Unit 2 · 1889 (తీర్పు 1 జూలై 1889న)
Raffles v. WichelhausLandmark
Unit 2 · 1864 (decided January 1864)
Raffles v. Wichelhaus (రాఫిల్స్ v. విచెల్హాస్)Landmark
Unit 2 · 1864 (తీర్పు జనవరి 1864న)
Madhub Chander v. Raj Coomar DossLandmark
Unit 2 · 1874
Madhub Chander v. Raj Coomar Doss (మధుబ్ చందర్ v. రాజ్ కుమార్ దాస్)Landmark
Unit 2 · 1874
Superintendence Company of India (P) Ltd. v. Krishan MurgaiLandmark
Unit 2 · 1980 (decided 9 May 1980)
Superintendence Company of India (P) Ltd. v. Krishan Murgai (సూపరింటెండెన్స్ కంపెనీ ఆఫ్ ఇండియా v. కృష్ణన్ ముర్గాయ్)Landmark
Unit 2 · 1980 (తీర్పు 9 మే 1980న)
Mohori Bibee v. Dharmodas GhoseLandmark
Unit 2 · 1903 (decided 4 March 1903)
Mohori Bibee v. Dharmodas Ghose (మొహోరీ బీబీ v. ధర్మదాస్ ఘోష్)Landmark
Unit 2 · 1903 (తీర్పు 4 మార్చి 1903)
Taylor v. CaldwellLandmark
Unit 3 · 1863 (decided 6 May 1863)
Taylor v. Caldwell (టేలర్ v. కాల్డ్వెల్)Landmark
Unit 3 · 1863 (తీర్పు 6 మే 1863న)
Satyabrata Ghose v. Mugneeram Bangur & Co.Landmark
Unit 3 · 1954 (decided 16 November 1953)
Satyabrata Ghose v. Mugneeram Bangur & Co. (సత్యబ్రత ఘోష్ v. మగ్నీరామ్ బంగూర్ అండ్ కో.)Landmark
Unit 3 · 1954 (తీర్పు 16 నవంబర్ 1953న)
Hochster v. De La TourLandmark
Unit 3 · 1853 (decided 25 June 1853)
Hochster v. De La Tour (హోక్స్టర్ v. డి లా టూర్)Landmark
Unit 3 · 1853 (తీర్పు 25 జూన్ 1853న)
Hadley v. BaxendaleLandmark
Unit 4 · 1854 (decided 23 February 1854)
Hadley v. Baxendale (హాడ్లీ v. బాక్సెండేల్)Landmark
Unit 4 · 1854 (తీర్పు 1854 ఫిబ్రవరి 23న)
Fateh Chand v. Balkishan DassLandmark
Unit 4 · 1963 (decided 15 January 1963)
Fateh Chand v. Balkishan Dass (ఫతే చంద్ v. బాల్కిషన్ దాస్)Landmark
Unit 4 · 1963 (తీర్పు 1963 జనవరి 15న)
Moses v. MacferlanLandmark
Unit 4 · 1760 (decided 19 May 1760)
Moses v. Macferlan (మోసెస్ v. మాక్ఫర్లాన్)Landmark
Unit 4 · 1760 (తీర్పు 19 మే 1760న)
State of West Bengal v. B.K. Mondal & SonsLandmark
Unit 4 · 1962 (decided 5 December 1961)
State of West Bengal v. B.K. Mondal & Sons (పశ్చిమ బెంగాల్ రాష్ట్రం v. బి.కె. మొండల్ అండ్ సన్స్)Landmark
Unit 4 · 1962 (తీర్పు 5 డిసెంబర్ 1961న)
Lallu Yeshwant Singh v. Rao Jagdish SinghLandmark
Unit 5 · 1968 (decided 29 November 1967)
Lallu Yeshwant Singh v. Rao Jagdish Singh (లల్లు యశ్వంత్ సింగ్ v. రావు జగదీష్ సింగ్)Landmark
Unit 5 · 1968 (తీర్పు 29 నవంబర్ 1967న)
Krishna Ram Mahale v. Shobha Venkat RaoLandmark
Unit 5 · 1989 (decided 9 August 1989)
Krishna Ram Mahale v. Shobha Venkat Rao (కృష్ణ రామ్ మహాలే v. శోభా వెంకట్ రావు)Landmark
Unit 5 · 1989 (తీర్పు 9 ఆగస్టు 1989న)
Katta Sujatha Reddy v. Siddamsetty Infra Projects (P) Ltd.Landmark
Unit 5 · 2022 (decided 25 August 2022; subsequently reviewed in November 2024)
Katta Sujatha Reddy v. Siddamsetty Infra Projects (P) Ltd. (కట్ట సుజాత రెడ్డి v. సిద్దంశెట్టి ఇన్ఫ్రా ప్రాజెక్ట్స్)Landmark
Unit 5 · 2022 (తీర్పు 25 ఆగస్టు 2022న; నవంబర్ 2024లో తర్వాత సమీక్షించబడింది)
1. Definition and Nature of Contract — MCQs
Unit 1 · 8 questions
4. Communication and Revocation of Offer and Acceptance — MCQs
Unit 1 · 8 questions
5. Consideration — MCQs
Unit 1 · 8 questions
6. Doctrine of Privity of Contract — MCQs
Unit 1 · 8 questions
7. Standard Form Contracts and E-Contracts — MCQs
Unit 1 · 8 questions
1. Capacity to Contract — MCQs
Unit 2 · 5 questions
2. Minor's Agreements — MCQs
Unit 2 · 5 questions
3. Persons of Unsound Mind and Persons Disqualified by Law — MCQs
Unit 2 · 5 questions
4. Free Consent and Undue Influence — MCQs
Unit 2 · 5 questions
5. Fraud, Misrepresentation and Mistake — MCQs
Unit 2 · 5 questions
6. Agreements Opposed to Public Policy, Unlawful Consideration and Object — MCQs
Unit 2 · 5 questions
7. Illegal and Uncertain Agreements — MCQs
Unit 2 · 5 questions
8. Void and Voidable Contracts — MCQs
Unit 2 · 5 questions
1. Discharge of Contract — MCQs
Unit 3 · 6 questions
2. Discharge by Performance — MCQs
Unit 3 · 6 questions
3. Appropriation of Payments and Performance by Joint Promisors — MCQs
Unit 3 · 8 questions
4. Discharge by Agreement — MCQs
Unit 3 · 8 questions
5. Discharge by Impossibility of Performance — MCQs
Unit 3 · 8 questions
6. Discharge by Breach of Contract — MCQs
Unit 3 · 8 questions
1. Contingent Contracts — MCQs
Unit 4 · 8 questions
2. Quasi-Contracts — MCQs
Unit 4 · 6 questions
3. Gratuitous and Non-Gratuitous Acts — MCQs
Unit 4 · 6 questions
4. Finder of Goods — MCQs
Unit 4 · 6 questions
5. Things Delivered by Mistake or Coercion — MCQs
Unit 4 · 8 questions
6. Quantum Meruit — MCQs
Unit 4 · 8 questions
7. Kinds of Damages — MCQs
Unit 4 · 8 questions
8. Duty to Mitigate — MCQs
Unit 4 · 8 questions
1. Specific Relief Act, 1963 — MCQs
Unit 5 · 8 questions
2. Recovery of Possession of Property — MCQs
Unit 5 · 8 questions
3. Specific Performance of Contracts — MCQs
Unit 5 · 8 questions
4. Who May Sue, Personal Bars and Substituted Performance — MCQs
Unit 5 · 8 questions
5. Rectification of Instruments — MCQs
Unit 5 · 8 questions
6. Rescission and Cancellation of Instruments — MCQs
Unit 5 · 8 questions
7. Declaratory Decrees — MCQs
Unit 5 · 8 questions
8. Preventive Relief — Injunctions Generally, Temporary, Perpetual, Mandatory and Prohibitory — MCQs
Unit 5 · 8 questions
9. Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) — MCQs
Unit 5 · 8 questions
10. Infrastructure Projects — Special Provisions — MCQs
Unit 5 · 8 questions
11. Arbitration Clauses in Infrastructure Contracts — MCQs
Unit 5 · 8 questions
12. Impact of Covid-19 on Specific Performance of Contracts — MCQs
Unit 5 · 8 questions
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