UNIT-1
1- History and nature of contractual obligations.
2- Agreement and Contract – definition , elements and kinds.
3- Proposal and Acceptance – definition , various forms and essential elements.
4- Proposal and Acceptance – communication and revocation , proposal and invitation to treat , standing offers.
5- Consideration – its need , meaning , kinds , essential elements , nudum pactum.
6- Privity of contract and consideration – its exception.
7- Adequacy of consideration – Present , Past and Adequate consideration.
5- Unlawful consideration and its effects.
6- Standard forms of contract.
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UNIT-2
1- Agreements and Capacity – What agreements are Contracts ? ,
2- Capacity to Contract – Meaning , Incapacity arising out of Status and Mental Defect.
3- Minor’s Agreements – Definition of “Minor” , Accessories Supplied to a Minor , Agreements Beneficial and Detrimental to a Minor , Restitution in cases of Minor’s Agreement.
4- Free Consent – its need and definition.
5 – Factors vitiating free consent – Coercion , Undue Influence , Misrepresentation , Fraud , Mistake.
5.1 – Coercion : Definition , Essential Elements , Duress and Coercion , Doctrine of Economic Duress , Effect of Coercion.
5.2 – Undue Influence : Definition , Essential Elements , Between Which Parties Can It Exist? , Who is to Prove Undue Influence? , Illustrations of Undue Influence , independent Advice , Pardanashin Women , Unconscionable Bargains , Effect of Undue Influence.
5.3 – Misrepresentation : Definition , Misrepresentation of Law & Fact , Effect and Illustrations.
5.4 – Fraud : Definition , Essential Elements , When Does Silence Amount to Fraud? , Active Concealment of Truth , Importance of Intention.
5.5 – Mistake : Definition , Mistake of Law & Fact , Effect and Mistake.
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UNIT-3
1- Legality of objects (Section 23 , Indian Contract Act.).
2- Void Agreements – from Sections 24-30 , Indian Contract Act.
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UNIT-4
1- Performance of Contracts : Meaning , Who Can Perform ? , Kinds of Performance.
2- Performance as to Time and Place.
3- Impossibility of Performance (Doctrine of Frustration) : Definition , Types , Grounds of Frustration , Effect of Frustration.
4- Discharge of Contracts : definition and modes of discharge.
5- Breach of Contract : Meaning , types of breach(Anticipatory and present) , Consequences.
6- Quasi contracts(Sections 68-72).
7- Remedies in contractual relations : Damages , Injunction , Refund and Restitution , Specific Performance
7.1- Damages : kinds , remoteness of damages , Ascertainment of Damages.
7.2- Injunction : when granted and when refused , why ?.
7.3- Refund and Restitution : Meaning and when allowed.
7.4- Specific Performance : when ? , why ?
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UNIT-5
1- Specific Relief.
2- Specific performance of contract.
3- Contracts that Can be Specifically enforced.
4- Persons against whom specific performance can be ordered.
5- Recession and Cancellation.
6- Introduction Temporary, Perpetual and Declaratory Order.
Acts – The Indian Contract Act ,1872 and The Specific relief Act , 1963
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