Contract Law

When Contracts Don't Count βš–οΈ


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πŸ›οΈ The Contract Puzzle That Everyone Gets Wrong

🌟 Picture this: A child buys expensive clothes, or someone threatens you into signing a deal. What happens next? Indian contract law has fascinating answers that protect both the innocent and the deceived!

πŸ’‘ What You'll Discover:

  • πŸ” Why contracts with minors are 'void ab initio' - as if they never existed!
  • βš–οΈ How Section 68 creates magical 'quasi-contracts' to prevent unfairness
  • 🎯 The difference between 'void' and 'voidable' contracts (it's life-changing!)
  • πŸ’ͺ When victims of coercion can choose to keep or cancel their agreements

πŸš€ Real Cases Discussed:

  • πŸ’Ž Chapple v. Cooper - When a young widow's funeral expenses became legally necessary
  • ⭐ Nash v. Inman - The Cambridge student who got 11 fancy waistcoats but didn't have to pay!

πŸŽͺ Two Legal Worlds Collide:

  • 🌟 World 1: No capacity = No contract (but quasi-contract saves the day)
  • ⚑ World 2: Bad consent = Sick contract (patient decides the cure)

πŸŽ™οΈ By the end, you'll understand how Indian Contract Act 1872 brilliantly balances protecting the vulnerable while preventing unjust enrichment - essential knowledge for anyone making deals!

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Contract LawBy Sharad Bansal