Case laws regarding to Indian contract act 1872.

1. Alanrit went on a pilgrimage to north India with his colleagues through a tour operator. He visited Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangothri and Yamunothri. He was given a journey ticket by the tour operator to enable him to visit these places. In that ticket, overleaf, among the printed conditions, one condition stated that if any belongings of the tourists are damaged during the journey, the authorities who arranged the tour will not be liable. On the front page of the journey ticket the word Please turn over was missing. Alanrit whose luggage was damaged file a suit against the organizers of the tour for damages. Will he succeed? 2. Lavanya delivered to Ashwin dry clears her costly silk saree worth Rs.7000/- for dry wash. The dry cleaners gave her a receipt which contained printed conditions on the back of the receipt. One of the conditions was to the effect that if, due to flood and heavy rains or natural calamity, the garment is lost or destroyed and not due to the negligence of the dry cleaners 10 times the amount claimed as dry cleaning charges will be paid. Lavanya having lost her saree claimed damages towards the value of Rs.7000. but Aswin dry cleaners restricted the client to Rs.250(10 times the dry cleaning charge of rs.25) and can Lavanya succeed?

3. mani came down to Chennai from Madurai to buy a house at T Nagar, Chennai. On 10th January 2002, Balu, seller of the house agreed to sell the house at T.Nagar for Rs.20lakhs. Mani informed Balu that he would consult his family members and confirm Balu, the next day. i.e, on 11th January. Accordingly, Mani confirmed his willingness to buy the house for Rs.20 lakhs he sent his acceptance by telegram by 8 am which reached Balu by 11am. Balu, by second thought sent his revocation of offer from Chennai at 8 am which reached Mani at Madurai at 11 am. From the facts of above case, is there a concluded contract between Mani and Balu? Decide.

Case laws regarding to Indian contract act 1872.

4.Narayanan &co, which appointing Kishen & co, as wholesale distributor for their articles, laid a condition that Kishen&co, should not sell the products of Narayanan&co below the listed price. But Kishen&co entered into a contract with Chooda & co, a retailer incorporating the same condition that the products of Narayanan&co, should not be sold below the listed price. But Chooda&co, sold some of the articles of Narayanan&co , less than the listed price. Narayanan&co, file a suit against Chooda&co can be succeed?

5. Mr.Prasanth owes rs.5000/- to Mr.Vinod which has become overdue and barred by limitation( time barred debt) Mr.Prasanth wrote a letter to Vinod acknowledging that debt and in humble words undertook to repay the debt. Mr.Vinod file a suit against Prasanth contending the letter to be a promise. Can he succeed?

6. A minor falsely represented before a shop keeper as a major and obtained some goods on credit. The shop keeper believed that the minor and delivered the goods. Later, when the minor failed to pay for the goods, the shop keeper file a suit against the minor. At the time, the minor contended that hes only a minor and cannot be made liable. The shop keeper stated that the minor cannot plead minority since he already represented at the time of purchase of goods as minor. Is the shop keepers view right.

7. A minor borrowed rs.2000 by executing a mortgage in favor of the mortgage, the lender. Out the rs.20,000 , the mortgage gave rs. 8000 to the minor. Balance rs.12,000 remained yet to be paid. The guardian of the minor informed the money lender not to advance the balance money of rs.12,000. But the money lender contended that the minor will become a major and he can obtain a pronote from him at that time. Is the stand taken by the money lender right?

Case laws regarding to Indian contract act 1872.

8.mohan a fraudulent person pretending himself as a landlord chakravarthy Bought on credit ,jewels worth of Rs.10000 from surajmal jewellery mart by issuing a cheque. The jewellery merchant never doubted the identity of Chakarvarthy. After learning that jewells sold to Chakravathy had been pledged with Himmatlal pawn broker, Surajmal desired to file a suit against Himmatlal since the cheque given by Chakravarthy had bounced. Can he succeed?

9. Sheela buys a vacant plot from Shoba for building a house. Only after the purchase of the vacant plot, it was understood by both of them that the Tamil Nadu water board has a proposal to acquire the set plot for digging a well. Sheela files a suit against Shoba for damages. Can she succeed?

10. Arokyasami who happened to be a weak person saw an advertisement on herbal Laehiyam-Amirtha kavacham. The label on the bottle contained an inscription that he who takes the Laehiyam continuously after food will become a strong person like Herculus. Arockiasamy took the Laehiyam and became very weak. He file a suit against Amirtha Kavacham ltd. Can he recover damages?

11. Balasundaram a devotee of Lord Muruga was requested by Mohmed Usman Sahib to perform some prayers for success of the case in which Mohamed Usman was involved. Balasundaram incurred expenses for performing the prayers for the success of Mohamed case. Finally Mohamed UsmanSahib succeeded. Balasundaram claimed from Mohamed for the reimbursement of the expenses. Mohamed refused to pay the expenses to Balasundaram is he justified?

12. X, a debtor borrowed money from Y a creditor. X agreed with the creditor that (a) he would not change his address, condition (b) he would intimate whenever he gets any additional income, condition(c) he would not borrow any other sum from others; and codition(d) above all would not expand his family. Is the agreement valid?

Case laws regarding to Indian contract act 1872.

13. Murugan ordered for supply of furniture on a specified date at a specified place by Velan furniture mart. But, Murugan, at the time of supply of furniture, refused to take delivery of the same. Although, Velan had given opportunity to Murugan to examine the furniture, yet Murugan refused. Later on, Murugan filed a suit against Veyilan the furniture mart that he(Velan) did not keep up his promise? Is Velan liable?

14.Sriram advanced a sum of rs.150 to Sai Krishna for watching the cricket match from the latters top floor of the house, the match being between India and Australia on 15th January 2001. Sri Ram agreed to give another sum of rs.150 account of unprecedented rain on 14th Jauary night and the next morning, the cricket match got cancelled. Sri Ram filed a suit for refund of rs.150 which he had paid to Sai Krishna as advance. Advice Sri Ram.

15. X wanted to book a lorry for transportation of his domestic goods at Madras from Y. Y represented that the lorry has gone to Chittor, A.P and would return in a couple of days. But at that time, the lorry was at Vishakapatnam. Hence, the lorry came to Madras only after 4 days. X claimed damages from Y for the delay of 2 days. Is Y liable?

16. Raju finds the suit case belonging to Thomas, containing a valuable documents and jewels. Raju desires to take the jewels for himself. Advice Raju. 17. The income tax officials conducted a raid in the house of a famous flim producer Kuppayya. The recovered a diary in which an entry was found stating that a sum of rs.30 lakhs had been paid to the famous hero Singaravalen. Therefore, the IT dept. served notice on Singaravelan and called upon him to pay tax on rs.30 lakhs as escaped assessment? Is Singaravelan liable?

Case laws regarding to Indian contract act 1872.

18. J.K.B, a very famous musician having agreed to give his music performance at Krishnaswamy college cultural programme in Madras, enters into a contract with Ramaswamy college, Salem to give performance of the same date at Salem, also at the same time. Advice secretary of the Krishnaswamy college.

19. Ekambaram executed a pronote for rs.8000 in favor of Chidambaram at the rate of 10% interest per annum. When Ekambaram defaulted to pay the principal sum with interst, Chidambaram claimed compound interest at 12% from Ekambaram not from the date of default but from the date of execution of the pronote. Is Chidambaram correct in his contention?

20. A, a singer enters into a contract with B, the manager of a theatre to sing at his two night every week during next two months and B engages to pay her rs.100 for each nights music performance. On the 6th night, a willfully absence herself from the theatre. What are the remedies of B?