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75) "75. Under Section 19 of the Contract Act, 1872, when consent to an agreement is caused by coercion, fraud or Neutral Citation Number: 2023:DHC:3552 option of the party whose consent was so caused. It is not the case of either of the contesting respondents that there was any coercion brought to bear upon him or that any fraud or misrepresentation had been practised upon him. Under Section 19-A, when consent to an agreement is caused by undue influence, the agreement is a contract voidable at the option of the party whose consent was so caused and the court may set aside any such contract either absolutely or if the party who was entitled to avoid it has received any benefit thereunder, upon such terms and conditions as to the court may seem just. Sub-