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Assignments On Contract Act - Questions

This document contains 9 questions regarding contract law in India. It asks whether certain agreements can be considered valid contracts, if there was a breach of contract in various situations, and who would succeed in legal cases related to the agreements. The specific scenarios involve misunderstandings over the goods being sold, low consideration amounts, enforcing employee behavior, payments to not get married, auction offers, delivery delays, unauthorized sales, death of goods prior to delivery, and an agent's eligibility.

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Assignments On Contract Act - Questions

This document contains 9 questions regarding contract law in India. It asks whether certain agreements can be considered valid contracts, if there was a breach of contract in various situations, and who would succeed in legal cases related to the agreements. The specific scenarios involve misunderstandings over the goods being sold, low consideration amounts, enforcing employee behavior, payments to not get married, auction offers, delivery delays, unauthorized sales, death of goods prior to delivery, and an agent's eligibility.

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Q1) A has two laptops Lenovo and Dell with different configurations.

B
agrees to purchase a laptop from A. While entering in to the contract A
was Intend to sell Sony but B enters thinking that the agreement is for
acer laptop. What is the consequence of this agreement?

Can this agreement be executed? Reason?

Q2) Mr. Aditya wants to sell his car to Mr. Sanjay. They both have
entered into the contract and they mutually agreed for a consideration
of Rs.1,000 only. Aditya sold the car. Later Karan (Aditya’s) son files a
case against Sanjay stating that the consideration was very less hence
the contract needs to be cancelled. Give your comments.

Q3) Prakash, a owner of the business appoint an employee for monthly


salary. He wants to enter into the contract with the employee by which
he enforces that the employee must have his daily mess at the hotel
which is run by the friend of the owner. Can the agreement be executed.
Can it be legally enforceable?

Is this agreement can be executed? Reason?

Q4) Mr. A enters in to an agreement with B, and agreement was ”A will


pay Rs. 1,00,000 to B for not getting married with C”. B did so, but later A
denied to make payment to B. B files a case against A.

Will B succeed? Reason?

Q5) The teacher made an announcement in the class ”dear students the
college is going to sell its old Desktop for Rs. 7,000. The one who is
interested from this class can purchase it from me.”

Is it a general offer (made to public) or special offer?


Q6) Arun enters into a contract with Baban where in Arun is supposed to
supply 100 tons of oil to B along with the container to store the oil on
31st of May 2017. On 31st of May Arun sent an email to Baban in his
official ID that Arun will be supplying the oil on agreed date. But due to
certain issue the container will be supplied two days later. Arun had sent
the oil also to Baban’s place.

Baban had rejected to accept the goods. Arun claims that it is an


attempted performance. Baban has to compensate him for the loss
occurred to him. Suggest whether Arun will succeed in the case-law?

Q7) X has entered into a contract with Y by which X has to sell his bike to
Y on 15th of March 2017. They have agreed that the consideration will
be 20,000 which will be paid on the date of sale and registration itself.

Meanwhile Y had noticed that on 10th of March X’s bike was in hands of
Mr. V, when inquired V said that he approached X for purchasing the
bike of X for 22000. Hence he is taking a test drive of the bike.

Is this a Breach of contract? If so which type is this?

Q8) A and B enters into a contract. A has to sell his horse to B, 5 days
thereafter for a consideration of Rs.1,00,000. At the same time the horse
of A has died at his place. A was not aware of the same. Once A reaches
his place A comes know about the fact and he informed the same to B
and asked him to cancel the contract.

B claims that it is a breach of contract and A has to compensate B for the


same.

Is it a breach of contract?
Q9) A and B is above to enter into a contract. A who is staying far from
B’s place has appointed C as an agent to A. Hence C had entered into a
contract with B on behalf of A.

Later B comes to know that C is a drunken person. Hence he cancelled


the contract stating that C is not an eligible person to enter into a
contract.

Will B succeed in this case. Can the contract be cancelled?

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