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(For the candidates admitted from 2017 – 2018 onwards)
B.A.LL.B. DEGREE (SEMESTER) EXAMINATIONS, JANUARY 2021.
(Five-year Regular Course)
Second Year / Fourth Semester
LAW OF CONTRACTS – II

Time : 2 12 hours Maximum : 70 marks

PART A — (2 × 12 = 24 marks)

Answer TWO of the following in about 500 words each.

1. Under what circumstances a pledge created by non-owners is valid?

2. What is meant by Dissolution of a Firm? In what cases does the Court order,
dissolution of a firm?

3. Explain the composition and jurisdiction of the State and National Dispute Redressal
Commissions under the Consumer Protection Act.

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 PART B — (2 × 7 = 14 marks)
Answer TWO of the following in about 300 words each.

4. Define ‘Co-surety’ and explain the circumstances under which a surety is discharged
from liability.

5. Define Bailment and write the difference between Bailment and Sale.

6. What are the objectives of the Consumer Protection Act? How far it is fulfilled?

PART C — (5 × 4 = 20 marks)
7. Write short notes on FIVE of the following :

(a) Agency of Necessity

(b) Unpaid Seller

(c) Implied conditions

(d) Ratification

(e) Finder of lost goods

(f) Defect in goods and deficiency in service under the Consumer Protection Act.

(g) Caveat Emptor

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 PART D — (2 × 6 = 12 marks)

Answer TWO of the following by referring to relevant provisions of Law and decided cases.
Give cogent reasons.

8. ‘A’ directs ‘B’, his agent, to buy a certain house for him. ‘B’ informs ‘A’ that if cannot
be purchased. Later ‘A’ finds out that ‘B’ has purchased the house for himself. Does ‘A’
has a remedy against ‘B’?
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9. A,B and C have agreed to become liable for Rs.10,000, Rs.20,000 and Rs.30,000
respectively as sureties for D. D’s indebtedness was Rs.30,000. What is the sum for
which each of the three sureties is liable to pay?
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10. One ‘A’, who was seriously injured in an accident, was admitted in a hospital after
payment of Rs.100 towards registration charges only. As he was left unattended for
nearly two hours after the admission, he succumbed to injuries. Does his wife has any
remedy under the Consumer Protection Act?
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