Law of Contract – I · Semester 1

Law of Contract – I · Sept/Oct 2012 (3-YDC)

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Law of Contract – I · Sept/Oct 2012 (3-YDC)

Sept/Oct (3-YDC) 2012 · Law of Contract – I · Semester 1

FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 YDC) I Year I Semester Examination, September / October,
2012
LAW
PAPER - I : LAW OF CONTRACT
Time: 3 Hours[Max. Marks: 80]
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks)
Answer any five of the following :
1. Valid Offer.
2. Standard Form of Contract.
3. Undue Influence.
4. Anticipatory Breach.
5. Doctrine of Frustration.
6. Duty to mitigate.
7. Rectification of Instruments.
8. Declaratory Decrees.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks)
Answer any two of the following :
9. 'An agreement without consideration is void.' Discuss the statement with
exceptions if any.
10. What ingredients must be present in an action for misrepresentation.
11. Explain the various modes of discharge of a contract.
12. When can specific performance of contract be enforced?
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks)
Answer any two of the following :
13. X tells Y in the course of conversation with him that he will give Rs.
5,00,000 to anyone who marries his daughter with his consent. Is Y
entitled to recover the amount from 'X'.
14. A borrowed Rs. 5,00,000 from B for starting a gambling house.
Afterwards he refused to return the money. What is the remedy
available to B?
15. X sells a horse by auction to Y. X knows that the horse is unsound. X
says nothing to Y. The horse was found to be unsound. Y sued X.
Decide.
16. P and Q jointly owe Rs. 1,00,000 to R. P paid that amount to R. Q not
knowing this fact also paid the amount to R. Can Q recover this
amount from R?

Part A · 6 marks

  1. Valid Offer.
    Topics: Essentials of a valid contract, offer and acceptance
    Year and frequency →
  2. Standard Form of Contract.
    7× in bank Topics: Essentials of a valid contract, offer and acceptance; Consideration, privity and standard-form contracts
    Year and frequency →
  3. Undue Influence.
    10× in bank Topics: Free consent: coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation and mistake
    Year and frequency →
  4. Anticipatory Breach.
    2× in bank Topics: Frustration, breach and anticipatory breach
    Year and frequency →
  5. Doctrine of Frustration.
    3× in bank Topics: Frustration, breach and anticipatory breach
    Year and frequency →
  6. Duty to mitigate.
    6× in bank Topics: Damages, penalty and duty to mitigate
    Year and frequency →
  7. Rectification of Instruments.
    4× in bank Topics: Rectification, rescission, cancellation and declaratory decrees
    Year and frequency →
  8. Declaratory Decrees.
    5× in bank Topics: Rectification, rescission, cancellation and declaratory decrees
    Year and frequency →

Part B · 15 marks

  1. 'An agreement without consideration is void.' Discuss the statement with exceptions if any.
    4× in bank Topics: Capacity of parties and minor's agreement; Consideration, privity and standard-form contracts
    Year and frequency →
  2. What ingredients must be present in an action for misrepresentation.
    Topics: Free consent: coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation and mistake
    Year and frequency →
  3. Explain the various modes of discharge of a contract.
    4× in bank Topics: Essentials of a valid contract, offer and acceptance; Discharge by performance, novation, remission and accord
    Year and frequency →
  4. When can specific performance of contract be enforced?
    Topics: Essentials of a valid contract, offer and acceptance; Recovering possession, specific performance and injunctions; Discharge by performance, novation, remission and accord
    Year and frequency →

Part C · 10 marks

  1. X tells Y in the course of conversation with him that he will give Rs. 5,00,000 to anyone who marries his daughter with his consent. Is Y entitled to recover the amount from 'X'.
    Topics: Free consent: coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation and mistake
    Year and frequency →
  2. A borrowed Rs. 5,00,000 from B for starting a gambling house. Afterwards he refused to return the money. What is the remedy available to B?
    5× in bank
    Year and frequency →
  3. X sells a horse by auction to Y. X knows that the horse is unsound. X says nothing to Y. The horse was found to be unsound. Y sued X. Decide.
    Year and frequency →
  4. P and Q jointly owe Rs. 1,00,000 to R. P paid that amount to R. Q not knowing this fact also paid the amount to R. Can Q recover this amount from R?
    Year and frequency →