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Assistant General Manager State Bank Of ... vs Radhey Shyam Pandey on 2 March, 2020 Equivalent

performance.—A plaintiff instituting a suit for the specific performance of a contract in writing may pray in the alternative that, if the contract cannot ... A party executing the document, or a principal in respect of a document executed by his agent, or a minor in respect of a document

present dispute was a contract. To determine whether the Board had to pay compensation for any benefit received under the contract, it was imperative that ... Indian Contract Act, 1872 (hereinafter the „ Contract Act ‟), contemplate return of benefit for a void/voidable contract. It was submitted that these provisions

a good chance of success in the final arbitral proceedings, the aforesaid order to deposit the shortfall in the account so as to maintain a ... Contract Act, 1872 [“ Contract Act ”] referred to want of free consent, and was a well- accepted ground that would vitiate the contract, rendering it voidable

voidable under the Contract Act, 1872 . It follows that in every case where the question arises whether or not there has been a lawful agreement ... would make the same void or voidable under the Contract Act . More importantly, Order 23 Rule 3­A clearly bars a suit to set aside

been a minor, but certainly not a toddler. It is absurd that any rational employer, far less a statutory body, would appoint a toddler ... into a contract, as observed by my esteemed brother. A contract may not be enforceable against a minor. A contract executed by a minor

short, the ‘ Contract Act ’),11 as contracts made by free consent of parties competent to contract, for a lawful consideration and with a lawful object ... 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

Ferrodous Estates (Pvt) Ltd. vs P.Gopirathnam (Dead) And Ors. on 12 October, 2020 Equivalent

could have also taken some initiative in the matter. To make a contract void the non­disclosure should be of some very material fact ... cannot be said to 33 be such a material fact as to make the policy void or voidable. We are clearly of the view that

influence the decision of a prudent insurer in deciding as to whether or not to accept a risk is a material fact. As this Court ... a clear presumption that any information sought for in the proposal form is material for the purpose of entering into a contract of insurance