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Part – I  General Principles of Contract (Secs. 1 to 75)

Module 1 – Introduction

• History of the Indian Contract Act, 1872
• Introduction of the Indian Contract Act
  
• Standard Form of Contract
• Meaning of Contract and Definitions
• Types of Agreements
• Types of Contract with Examples
• Difference Between Agreement and Contract
• Essential Elements of a Valid Contract

Module 2 – Offer and Acceptance

• What is an Offer, Types of Offer, and Invitation to Offer
• Acceptance: Meaning, Essentials of Valid Acceptance
• Communication And Revocation of Proposal and Acceptance
• All Contracts Are Agreements But All Agreements Are Not Contracts (S.10)

Module 3 – Capacity to Contract

• The Capacity of Parties to Enter into Contract

Module 4 – Free Consent

• Meaning of Consent, Free Consent, and Vitiating Elements
• Coercion
• Undue Influence
• Difference Between Coercion and Undue Influence
• Fraud
• Misrepresentation
• Difference Between Fraud and Misrepresentation
• Mistake:- Mistake of Fact and Mistake of Law
• Difference Between Mistake of Fact And Mistake of Law

Module 5 – Consideration and Object

• Meaning of Consideration and Essentials of Valid Consideration
• Types of Consideration in Indian Contract Law
• The Doctrine of Privity of Contract: Meaning and Exceptions
• The Doctrine of Privity of Consideration Indian Contract Act
• The Doctrine of Promissory Estoppel
• The Legality of Object And Consideration – Section 23
• Agreement without Consideration is Void And Exceptions

Module 6 – Limitations on Freedom of Contract

• Types of Void Agreements
• Difference Between Void Agreement, Void Contract and Voidable Contract

Module 7 – Contingent Contracts

• Contingent Contracts: Meaning, Essentials and Examples

Module 8 – Discharge of a Contract

• Various Modes of Discharge of a Contract
• The Doctrine of Frustration of Contract – Section 56

Module 9 – Quasi–Contracts

• What is Quasi Contract: Meaning, Essentials with Examples
• The Doctrine of Unjust Enrichment
• Difference Between Tort and Quasi-Contract

Module 10 –  Remedies for Breach of Contract

• Breach of Contract: Meaning& Its Types
• Remedies to Breach of Contract
• Types of Damages under Section 73 of the Indian Contract Act
• Quantum Meruit Meaning under Indian Contract Act

Part – II   Special Contracts(Secs. 124-238)

Module 11 –  Indemnity and Guarantee

Module 13 –  Agency

Referred Books:

• Law of Contract – Bare Act 2021 Edition Professional
• The Indian Contract Act 1872 Bare Act 2021 Edition
• Law of Contract & Specific Relief Dr Avtar Singh Latest Edition-2020
• Pollock & Mulla – The Indian Contract Act, 1872
• CONTRACT Paper  I – By R.K. Bangia [Edtion 2019 – 2020]
• CONTRACT Paper-II – By R. K. Bangia
• NOTES ON INDIAN CONTRACT ACT 1872: BEST NOTES FOR LAW STUDENTS