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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Contract Act, 1872 Section 125

RIGHTS OF INDEMNITY -HOLDER WHEN SUED The promisee in a contract of indemnity, acting within the scope of his

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Contract Act, 1872 Section 125 is part of Contract Act, 1872 - RIGHTS OF INDEMNITY -HOLDER WHEN SUED The promisee in a contract of indemnity, acting within the scope of his. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) all damages which he may be compelled to pay in any suit in respect of any matter to which the promise to indemnify applies ;

(2) all costs which he may be compelled to pay in any such suit if, in bringing or defending it, he did not contravene the orders of the promisor, and acted as, it would have been prudent for him to act in the absence of any contract of indemnity, or if the promisor authorised him to bring or defend the suit ;

(3) all sums which he may have paid under the terms of any compromise of any such suit. if the compromise was not contrary to the orders of the promisor, and was one which it would have been prudent for the promisee to make in the absence of any contract of indemnity, or if the promisor authorised him to compromise the suit.

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What does Contract Act, 1872 Section 125 provide?

Section Section 125 of the Contract Act, 1872 (RIGHTS OF INDEMNITY -HOLDER WHEN SUED The promisee in a contract of indemnity, acting within the scope of his) is reproduced on this page as part of the Contract Act, 1872. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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