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The Constitution of India was amended (revised, altered, changed) for the 103rd time since its creation in 1950.
The 103rd amendment gives 10% reservation in government jobs and education to the poor among the general category.Read More →
Year the Indian Evidence Act Act was passed- 1872
Date the Indian Evidence Act was enacted(meaning passed)- 15 March 1872
Date the Indian Evidence Act was commenced(meaning begin; come into action)- 1 September 1872Read More →
Relevant facts are those facts which are logical and relate to the facts of the case. They are admissible only if they are connected to the facts in issue.
Relevancy of facts is seen and judged from the connection they have with the case. Section 6 to section 55 of the Indian Evidence Act deals with the relevancy of facts.Read More →
Section 107 to section 120 of the Indian Penal Code deal with abetment. Abetment of an offence is itself an offence as described in section 107 of IPC.
If any person instigates, aids, or conspire for the commission of an offence, he is said to have committed offence of abetment.Read More →
The history of Indian constitutional development began from passing of the Regulating Act, 1773. It was passed by the British parliament to regulate the increasing corruption in the East India Company.
The motive behind passing this Act was to control the activities of the East India Company under the control of the British government.Read More →
The literal meaning of exchange is giving and taking of something.
Exchange is defined in section 118 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882.
The exchange of property in this act relates to immovable property only.Read More →
CHAPTER I – PRELIMINARY 1. Short title. This Act may be called the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. Commencement- It shall come into force onRead More →
Causing slight harm or injury to other person is hurt. And when the degree of injury caused to other person is higher, then it becomes grievous hurt.
We cannot make every serious injury in the category of grievous hurt. Section 320 contains situations when grievous hurt is caused.Read More →
1. Short title.
This Act may be called be the Indian Contract Act, 1872.
Extent, commencement- It extends to the whole of except the State of Jammu and Kashmir; and it shall come into force on the first day of September, 1872.
Enactment repealed:
Saving- Nothing herein contained shall affect the provisionsRead More →
3. Communication, acceptance and revocation of proposals.
The communication of proposals, the acceptance of proposals, and the revocation of proposals and acceptance, respectively, are deemed to be made by any act or omission of the party proposing, accepting or revoking, by any act or omission of the party proposing, acceptingRead More →
10. What agreements are contracts?
All agreements are contracts if they are made by the free consent of parties competent to contract, for a lawful consideration and with a lawful object, and are not hereby expressly declared to be void.Read More →
31. “Contingent contract” defined.
A “contingent contract” is a contract to do or not to do something, if some event, collateral to such contract, does or does not happen.
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37. Obligations of parties to contract.
The parties to a contract must either perform, or offer to perform, their respective promises, unless such performance in dispensed with or excused under the provision of this Act, or of any other law.
Promises bind the representative of the promisor in case of the death of such promisors before performance, unless a contrary intention appears from the contract.Read More →
68. Claim for necessaries supplied to person incapable of contracting, or on his account.
If a person, incapable of entering into a contract, or anyone whom he is legally bound to support, is supplied by another person with necessaries suited to his condition in life, the person who has furnished such supplies is entitled to be reimbursed from the property of such incapable person.Read More →
73. Compensation of loss or damage caused by breach of contract.
When a contract has been broken, the party who suffers by such breach is entitled to receive, form the party who has broken the contract, compensation for any loss or damage caused to him thereby, which naturally arose in the usual course of things from such breach, or which the parties knew, when they made the contract, to be likely to result from the breach of it.Read More →
Chapter VII (76-123) of Indian Contract Act – SALE OF GOODS
This Chapter has been repealed by the Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (3 of 1930) sec 65. Here is the link for Sale of Goods Act, 1930, Section 65.
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CHAPTER VIII (124-147) – INDEMNITY AND GUARANTEE – Indian Contract ActRead More →
