Section 70 of the Indian Contract Act- A Brief Analysis
Section 70 reads thus: “Where a person lawfully does anything for another person, or delivers anything to him, not intending to do so gratuitously, and such other person enjoys the…
Section 70 reads thus: “Where a person lawfully does anything for another person, or delivers anything to him, not intending to do so gratuitously, and such other person enjoys the…
Banker’s Lien In Halsbury’s Laws of England, Vol.20, 2nd Edn.p.552, para 695, lien is defined as follows: Lien is in its primary sense is a right in one man to…
Under the Contract Act, delivery of goods by one person to another under a contract as security for payment of a debt is a pledge. Ordinarily delivery of tangible property…
Understanding Section 12(3) Sub-section (3) of Section 12 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 was enacted with a view to meet such eventualities when the whole of the contract cannot…
Anson’s law of Contract In Anson’s law of Contract the law is summarised thus: “Acceptance means in general communicated acceptance. * * * * It must be something more than…
In the case of Associated Hotels of India Ltd. v. R.N. Kapoor, 1 SCR 368 the minority judgment rendered by Subba Rao, J, the Court held that there is a…
The right of the lender, or pledgee, is to retain the chattle until a proper tender of the amount due is made. Under Section 173 of the Contract Act, a…
A contract unlike a tort is not unilateral. If there be no “meeting of minds” no contract may result. There should therefore be an offer by one party, express or…
Section 23 of the Indian Contract Act, reads as follows: “The consideration or object of an agreement is lawful, unless, it is forbidden by law, or the Court regards it…
‘Contract’ is a bilateral transaction between two or more than two parties. Every contract has to pass through several stages beginning with the stage of negotiation during which the parties…