Law of Contract - I
Chaudhary Devi Lal University · LL.B. Semester 1 · 302
Unit I
General Features and Nature of Contractual Obligations, Freedom of Contract, Contracts by Central and State Governments (Art. 299 of the Indian Constitution) · Standard and Printed Forms of Contract: Their Nature and Unilateral Character · Agreement and Contract: Definitions and Essential Elements · Proposal and Acceptance: Definition, their Communication and Revocation, Postal, Telephone and Telex Communication (Section 2-9), Proposal and Invitation for Proposal · General! Offer, Cross- Offer, Standing Offer
Unit II
Capacity to Contract: Meaning, Incapacity arising out of Unsound Mind · Minor s Agreement: Nature, Scope and Definition of Minor, Necessaries Supplied to a Minor · Minor s Agreement and Estoppels: Agreement beneficial and detrimental to the minor; Ratification of Minor s Agreement (Section 10-12, 68) · Consent and Free consent: Definition and need of free consent, Voidability of Agreement without Free · Consent (Section 19): Factors vitiating Free Consent (Section 19A) · Coercion (Section!5): Definition, Essential Elements, Doctrine of Duress, Coercion and Duress · Undue Influence (Section 16): Definition, Essential Elements, Illustrations of Undue Influence, Agreement with Pardanashin woman · Fraud (Section 17): Definition, Essential Elements, when does silence amounts to fraud? · Active Concealment of Facts: Importance of Intention, Fraud and misrepresentation · Misrepresentation (Section18): Definition, Misrepresentation of Law and mistake of Fact, their effects and illustration . · Mistake (Section 20-22): Definition, Mistake of fact and Mistake of Law, Effect of Mistake · Consideration (Section -2(d) and 25): Nudum Pactum, Its need, meaning essential clements, Privity of Contract with Exceptions, Adequacy of Consideration, Past, Executed and Executory Consideration, Exception to Consideration ( ; · Unlawful Agreements: Lawful and Unlawful) Considerations and Objects, Void, Voidable and Unlawful Agreements and their effeets,
Unit III
Void Agreements: Agreements without consideration (Section-25 · Marriage (Section-26), Agreement in Restraint of Trade with Except · Restraint of Legal Proceedings with exceptions (Section-28), Unce · Wagering Agreement: Definition and essentials, Contingent Contracts: Definition promises, time and place of Reciprocal Promises: Their ), Agreement Restraint of ons (Section-27), Agreement in ttain Agreements (Section-29), with exceptions (Section-30) and Enforcement (Scction-3 1-36), Performance of Contracts, Joint performance (Section 37-50) meaning, Scope and Performance (Section-5 1-54) · Time when essence of Contract: meaning and illustrations (Section-55) · Impossibility of Performance: meaning and scope, Doctrine of Frustration with illustrations (Section — · Appropriation of payments (Section 59-61) · Contracts which need not be performed: Novation, Rescission and Alteration of Contract, Dispensation and Remission of Performance (Section 62-67) · Quasi-Contracts or Certain relations resembling those created by · Breach of contract, anticip · Damages: Remoteness of Damages (Section-73-75) · Contract (Section 68-72) atory breach and consequences of breach, Damage, Measures of Damages, Kinds of Damages, Penalty and Liquidated
Unit IV
Specific Relief: Meaning and General Principles · Specific Performance of Contracts: Contracts specifically enforceable, Parties in relation to specific performance (Section 9-25), Rectification and cancellation of instruments (Section 26, 31-33) · Rescission of contracts (Section 27-30)