Indian Contract Act - Law Dictionary Search Results
Consideration
is no doubt that it has been used in that Act in the same sense as in the Indian Contract Act and excludes natural love and affection. If it were to be otherwise, a transfer would really amount to … to abstain from doing. Something, such act or abstinence or promise is called a consideration for the promise. [Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), s. 2(d)] Consideration does not mean incidental or collateral examination of any matter by
Mistake
as to a law in force in India has the same effect as a mistake of fact. (The Indian Contract Act, 1872, s. 21) It is a common condition of the sale of land that any error or misdescription
Sale of goods
the Government of India Act, 1935, 'sale of goods' has the same meaning which it has in the Indian Sale of Goods Act, 1930, that in a building contract there is no sale of materials as such,
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Object
not the reasons or motive which prompted it, Gurmukh Singh v. Amar Singh, (1991) 3 SCC 79 (82). (Indian Contract Act, 1872, s. 23)
Consent
Act means 'agreeing on the same thing in the same sense' as defined in s. 13 of the Indian Contract Act. A consent induced by false representation may not be free, but it can nevertheless be real, and ordinarily
Injury
in body, mind, reputation or property'. [See Indian Penal Code, 1860] word 'Injury' in s. 23 of the Contract Act should be understood as cover-ing any wrong or damage sustained either to one's person or rights or property,
Restoration
Restoration, Restoration under s. 70 of the Indian Contract Act means that the defendant would have to restore the goods to the plaintiff by delivering the same to
Person
The word 'persons' in s. 4 of the Indian Partnership Act which has replaced s. 239 of the Indian Contract Act contemplates only natural or artificial, i.e., legal persons and therefore a firm, is not a person and as
Gift
have no doubt that it has been used in that Act in the same sense as in the Indian Contract Act and excludes natural love and affection, Shakuntala v. State of Haryana, AIR 1979 SC 843 (844): (1979) 3
Immoral
civilization of a particular society, Gherulal Parakh v. Mahadeodas Maiya, AIR 1959 SC 781 (797): Supp 2 SCR. (Indian Contract Act, 1872, s. 23) The consideration or object of an agreement is lawful unless the court regards it as
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