Unit 3 of Law of Contract and Specific Relief (syllabus: Module 3 — ICA ss. 36–67, 73–75). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- Frustration: discharge by supervening impossibility
- How much can the injured party actually recover for a breach?
- What if the contract itself fixes the sum payable on breach?
- The other side says it will not perform, and the date has not yet arrived
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Indian Contract Act 1872, s. 56
- Indian Contract Act 1872, s. 73
- Indian Contract Act 1872, s. 74
- Indian Contract Act 1872, s. 39
Leading cases
- Satyabrata Ghose v Mugneeram Bangur & Co
- Murlidhar Chiranjilal v Harishchandra Dwarkadas
- Fateh Chand v Balkishan Das
- Hochster v De La Tour (1853)
Full case summaries
- Satyabrata Ghose v Mugneeram Bangur & Co (1954)
- Hadley v Baxendale (1854)
- Fateh Chand v Balkishan Das (1963) to Kailash Nath Associates v DDA (2015)
- Chand Rani v Kamal Rani (1993)