Railway Receipts as Documents of Title: Legal Interpretation by Court
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…
Partial Specific Performance Under Section 12(3) of the Specific Relief Act, 1963
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…
The True Sense of Acceptance in Contract Law
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…
Interpretation of Lease Document
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…
Pawnee’s Right when Pledged Goods have been seized by the Government
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…
Communication of Acceptance in Contract Law- Post and Telephone
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…
Law relating to gaming and wagering contracts
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…
Impact and Effect of Mistake of Fact in an Agreement
‘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…
Making of a Contract under Contract Act- Read Essentials for a lawful agreement
‘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…
Special Contract under contract law
This article is written by Sushree Sipra Sahu, a student of B.A. LL.B at Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Andhra Pradesh. INTRODUCTION Special agreements are contained in sections 124 to…