Examined on Indian Contract Act 1872, Specific Relief Act 1963, Information Technology Act 2000. Sections 1-75 are the examinable range for this paper. Section 15 still refers on its face to the Indian Penal Code; the IPC was repealed and re-enacted as the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 with effect from 1 July 2024, and the reference is read accordingly (General Clauses Act 1897, s. 8).
This page is the map of the paper: every syllabus unit, the leading cases with full summaries, and the exam questions the paper actually sets.
Units
- Unit 1 · Formation of contract — Module 1 — ICA ss. 1–9, 30–37, 68–72; IT Act ss. 2–16
- Unit 2 · Enforceability and free consent — Module 2 — ICA ss. 10–30
- Unit 3 · Performance, breach and remedies — Module 3 — ICA ss. 36–67, 73–75
- Unit 4 · Specific relief — Module 4 — Specific Relief Act 1963
Leading cases in this paper
- Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co (1893) — Unit 1
- Lalman Shukla v Gauri Datt (1913) — Unit 1
- Balfour v Balfour (1919) — Unit 1
- Bhagwandas Goverdhandas Kedia v Girdharilal Parshottamdas & Co (1966) — Unit 1
- Mohori Bibee v Dharmodas Ghose (1903) — Unit 2
- Chinnaya v Ramayya (1882) — Unit 2
- Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Ltd v Brojo Nath Ganguly (1986) — Unit 2
- Gherulal Parakh v Mahadeodas Maiya (1959) — Unit 2
- Niranjan Shankar Golikari v Century Spinning and Manufacturing Co Ltd (1967) — Unit 2
- Satyabrata Ghose v Mugneeram Bangur & Co (1954) — Unit 3
- Taylor v Caldwell (1863) and Krell v Henry (1903) — Unit 2
- Hadley v Baxendale (1854) — Unit 3
- Fateh Chand v Balkishan Das (1963) to Kailash Nath Associates v DDA (2015) — Unit 3
- Sales Tax Officer, Banaras v Kanhaiya Lal Mukund Lal Saraf (1958) — Unit 2
- Bank of Bihar Ltd v Damodar Prasad (1969)
- State of West Bengal v B.K. Mondal & Sons (1962) — Unit 2
- Morvi Mercantile Bank Ltd v Union of India (1965)
- Chand Rani v Kamal Rani (1993) — Unit 3
Exam questions
- Contract I exam question: Dr Meera sells her dental clinic at Pune,… · 10 marks
- Contract I exam question: On 1 March, Kirti agrees to supply Prakash… · 10 marks
- Contract I exam question: On 1 April Asha posts a letter to… · 10 marks
- Contract I exam question: Discuss the salient features of the… · 10 marks