Law of Contract

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University · LL.B. Semester 1

Unit 1 — Meaning and Nature of Contract, E- contract

Offer/ Proposal: Definition, Communication, Revocation, General/Specific offer, Acceptance: Definition, Communication, Revocation, Provisional acceptance, Tenders/Auctions

Unit 2 — Consideration: Definition, Essentials, Privity of Contract, Exception under Section 25, Capacity to enter into a contract; Minor’s Position, Nature/effect of minor’s agreements

Unit 3 — Free Consent

Coercion, Undue influence, Misrepresentation, Fraud, Mistake · Unlawful consideration and object · Effect of void, voidable, valid, illegal, unlawful and uncertain agreements/contracts Discharge of Contracts · Performance · Time and Place of performance · Agreement, Contract Deed · Impossibility of performance and frustration · Breach: Anticipatory & Present

Unit 4 — Remedies: Damages, Kind of damages, Remoteness of damages etc., Injunction, Specific Performance, Quantum Meriut

Quasi Contract (Section 68-72)