nature of the contract. The case of the respondent is that the contract was a contingent contract and the fulfilment hereof is dependant upon ... exact terms of the contract for sale of the flat in suit and as to whether the contract is a contingent contract
provides:
"32. Enforcement of contracts contingent on an event
happening.-- Contingent contracts to do or not to do anything if
an uncertain future event ... contingency failed, no formation of contract took place and the contract
became unenforceable under Section 32 of the Contract
apply. The contract as it stood was never a complete contract at any time as it was contingent upon the permission of the Court ... contract, when so varied by mutual consent, became in substance a contingent contract. The contingency has not happened, and, consequently, the plaintiffs are not entitled
Indian law on the subject, Section 32 applying in cases of contingent contracts and Section 56 , covering the rest, Under either, however, impossibility ... dominating idea and the determining factor, impossibility in cases of contingent contracts in the happening of the event or events, on which same depend
immediate right to judgment. A contract of insurance is a contingent contract, and the right to recover money payable under it depends upon the happening
cases cited, a case of a debt or of a contingent contract. I hold, therefore, that they have no right in the suit
executed the contract was a contingent one. The contingency having not been fulfilled the contract was not enforceable.
15. It has been urged on behalf ... vendee for specific performance of contract or for damages. It was held that the contract was not a contingent one and the parties agreed
within the purview of Section 56 of the Contract Act. To the extent that the Contract Act deals with a particular subject, it is exhaustive ... They would be dealt with under Section 32 which deals with contingent contracts or similar other provisions contained in the Act. In the large majority
attachment. What is argued is that the contract is really not an executed but an executory contract and there are mutual rights and obligations ... money is a contingency and the contract is a contingent contract. It is argued that such a right is neither assignable
agreement is also void for uncertainty under Section 29 of the Indian Contract Act as neither the time nor the amounts to
be paid ... reliance on Section 32 of Indian Contract Act he urges, a contingent contract cannot be enforced unless and until the contingency contemplated did occur
