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 Section 15 still refers on its face to the Indian Penal Code; the IPC was repealed and re-enacted as the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 with effect from 1 July 2024, and the reference is read accordingly (General Clauses Act 1897, s. 8).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
- Ajudhia Prasad v Chandan Lal (1937) — Unit 2
- Nawab Khwaja Muhammad Khan v Nawab Husaini Begam (1910) — Unit 2
- Standard Retail Pvt. Ltd. v G. S. Global Corp (2020)
- Ramanand v Dr Girish Soni (2020)
- Paradine v Jane (1647) — Unit 3
- Jamna Das v Ram Autar Pande (1911) — Unit 2
- Energy Watchdog v Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (2017) — Unit 3
- Naihati Jute Mills Ltd v Khyaliram Jagannath (1967) — Unit 3
- Raja Dhruv Dev Chand v Raja Harmohinder Singh (1968) — Unit 3
- Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham Urban District Council (1956) — Unit 3
- Maritime National Fish Ltd v Ocean Trawlers Ltd (1935) — Unit 3
- Tarapore & Company v Cochin Shipyard Ltd (1984)
- Halliburton Offshore Services Inc v Vedanta Ltd (2020) — Unit 3
- Adams and Others v Lindsell and Others (1818)
- Budh Prakash Jai Prakash v Sales Tax Officer (1952)
- Commissioner of Wealth-Tax, Bhopal v Abdul Hussain Mulla Muhammad Ali (1988)
- Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company, Limited v New Garage and Motor Company, Limited (1914)
- Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company, Limited v Selfridge and Company, Limited (1915)
- Gadigeppa Bhimappa Meti v Balangowda Bhimangowda (1931) — Unit 2
- Har Bhajan Lal v Har Charan Lal (1925) — Unit 1
- Jones v Padavatton (1969) — Unit 1
- Koufos v C. Czarnikow Ltd (The Heron II) (1969) — Unit 3
- L.I.C. of India v Consumer Education & Research Centre (1995)
- Lloyds Bank Ltd v Bundy (1974) — Unit 2
- M.C. Chacko v State Bank of Travancore, Trivandrum (1969) — Unit 2
- Ramdas Vithaldas Durbar v Chhaganlal Pitamber and S. Ameerchand & Co (1916)
- Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc (The Achilleas) (2008) — Unit 3
- Tweddle v Atkinson (1861) — Unit 2
- Union of India v Amar Singh (1959) — Unit 1
- Union Bank of India v Manku Narayana (1987) — Unit 2
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
- Contract I exam question: Define a proposal and distinguish it… · 13 marks
- Contract I exam question: Explain the legal framework governing the… · 13 marks
- Contract I exam question: Ravi buys a ticket at the counter of… · 10 marks
- Contract I exam question: "An agreement made without consideration is… · 13 marks
- Contract I exam question: Sameer, aged seventeen, tells Devika, a… · 10 marks
- Contract I exam question: Define undue influence. Explain when a… · 13 marks
- Contract I exam question: Explain the doctrine of supervening… · 13 marks
- Contract I exam question: Write a short note on contingent… · 6 marks
- Contract I exam question: A development authority auctions a plot… · 10 marks
- Contract I exam question: Explain the essential features of… · 13 marks
- Contract I exam question: Ilyas has lived in a shop room in… · 10 marks
- Contract I exam question: Write a short note distinguishing… · 6 marks