`Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad

Academic Year-2023-24 (Batch 2023-

28)
B.B.A.LL.B./B.A.LL.B. Course Handout (Semester-I)
Course Law of Contract
Course Code 010323101 No. of Credits 04
Catalogue Code T1029 No. of Hours 60
Faculty Name Ms. Shalini
Consultation Hours Students can meet at any time during 9 am to 5 pm.
Mobile - Email ID shalini@slsh.edu.in

Program Objective:-
1. By studying law in the particular context of business management the students are
groomed to respond to governance, administration and human behavior.
2. Student’s gain an edge over other peers to lead and shape social and public enterprises
such as the State, Community Organization and Business Enterprises.
3. Course curriculum facilitates learning Law in profound way in response to contemporary
development with hands on experience in legal knowledge and skills in value frame work
in a fast changing India set in a de-globalizing world.
4. The Student will be groomed in intellectual integrity and ethics.
5. The Student will improve cognitive, problem solving skills, independent critical
thinking with research capabilities’.
6. Students will be able to cultivate the ability to appreciate role of lawyers in justice
education in Globalizing world, Sustainability, Poverty and Vulnerability.1

Course Objectives:
This course intends to focus on the following issues:
CO (1): To provide an outline of historical foundation on which the present contract law
stands.
CO (2): To develop an understanding about the law relating to the contracts.
CO (3): To develop an insight into the various aspects of contract law and introducing the
students with the provisions of the Indian Contract Act 1872.

Recommended Text Book:

Sl.No. Title Author Publisher
1 Law of Contract Avatar Singh (11th Edition) Eastern Book Company

1
 Suggested Books:
Sl.No. Title Author Publisher
1 Anson’s Law of Contract J. Beatson Oxford University Press

2 Law of Contracts Nilima Chandiramani Avinash Publications

Bombay
3 Law of Contract Cheshire and Fifoot Lexis Nexis, Butterworths
Publications
4 Law of Contracts and Iyer T. S. Venkatesa, S. Gogia& Co., Hyderabad
Tenders Krishnamachari V. and Gogia
Surender K
5 Indian Contract And Specific Pollock &Mulla, Ed. Dr RG Lexis
Relief Acts-Vol 1 & 2 Padia, 13th Edition NexisButterworthsWadhwa

6 General Principles of Kailash Rai Allahabad, Central Law

Contract and Specific Relief Publications
Act, 1 ed.

7 Respective Bare Acts

Additional Learning Resources:

Material/Notes/Links etc will be uploaded regularly on LMS on various topics which are
relevant to the subject

Course Map
The following table shows how the course learning outcomes relate to the overall program learning
Goals and Outcomes, and indicates where these are assessed

Subject & Course Code: Law of Contract

Course Description Learning Outcomes Assessments
To develop a robust knowledge At the end of the course, the students are Test/ Written
base pertaining to significant expected to: Exercises
facets of law of contract among LO (1): To learn the historical development of
law students. It includes them to 'Contract'.
expose towards the theoretical as
well as practical aspects of the law LO (2): Get acquainted with the substantive Assignments/
rules that have to be satisfied before a contract Oral Presentations/
of essential of the contract law and
is formed or enforced or to the consequences Demonstration
its drafting by end of the session. of legal enforceability.
It
also provides them with exposure
to convention of contractual LO (3): Developed learning as to what are the Test/ Written
relationships and also the changing provisions of the contract law in India as per Exercises
dimensions of the contract law the provision of the Indian Contract Act, 1872.
with a comparative perspective. LO (4): Develop legal reasoning skills by Assignments/
analyzing fact patterns to determine if a valid Oral Presentations/

offer/acceptance/consideration/contract exists. Demonstration

Delivery Schedule
Session Plan Evidence of Learning
(Mapping CO with SO)
Session Topic/Intended Learning Resources and References Intended Assessment/Evaluation
No Delivery and Weighting
Process (S,M,W,NL)
1-2 Brief History of the Indian Reading Material: Lecture CO (1)=LO(1)-S
Contract Act, 1872 1- Shodhganga Article & Class
(https://shodhganga.inflib Discussi
net.ac.in/bitstream/10603/ on
38507/11/11_chapter%20
4.pdf)
2- Lecture Notes
3-4 Basic Concepts under the Recommended Text Book: Student CO (2)=LO(2)-S
Contract Act Avatar Singh (11th Edition), Activity
1872 P.No:2 /
Case Law: Lecture
& Class
1. Carlill v. Carbolic Discussi
Smoke Ball Co. (1891- on
4) All ER Rep.12

2. Pharmaceutical Society
of Great Britain v. Boots
Cash Chemist
(Southern) Ltd. (1952) 2
All ER Rep. 456

3. Balfour v. Balfour(1918-
19) All ER 860 (CA)

4. Lalman Shukla v. Gauri

Datt (1913) XL ALJR
489 (All.)

5. Bhagwandas
Goverdhandas Kedia v.
M/s. Girdharilal
Parshottamdas & Co.,

AIR 1966 SC 543

6. Harvey v. Facey (1893)

AC 552

7. Felthouse v.Bindley
(1862) 11 CB 869
5-9 Provisions relating to Recommended Text Book: Lecture CO
th
essentials of valid Avatar Singh(11 Edition), & Class (2)=LO(2)+LO(4)-S
proposal, acceptance, P.No:5-9, 16-22, 23-35. Discussi
Communication and Case Laws on
revocation of offers and 1. Union of India v.
acceptances
Maddala Thathiah, AIR
1966 SC 1724

2. Rajendra Kumar Verma

v. State of M.P., AIR
1972 MP 131

3. Kanhaiya Lal Aggarwal

v. Union of India, AIR
2002 SC 2766

4. Haridwar Singh v.
Bagun Sumbrui (1973) 3
SCC 889

5. Indian Airlines
Corporation v. Sm.
Madhuri Chowdhuri,
AIR 1965 Cal. 252
Doctrine 2.0: Standard
Form Contracting in the
Age of Online User
Participation ,
14 MICH. TELECOMM.
& TECH.L. REV. 303,
366 (2008).

Case Laws:
1- Societe Des Products
Nestle S.A. ... vs Essar
Industries And Ors.
[2006 (33) PTC 469 Del]
12-14 Consideration Ss.2 Recommended Text Book: Student CO (3)=LO(3)-S
d, 25,23 th
Avatar Singh(11 Edition), P.No: Activity
98-106. /
Case Laws: Lecture
& Class
1. John Tinson v Surjeet
Discussi
Malhaan, 1997 (9) SCC on
651

2. Kedarnath Bhattacharji
v. Gorie Mahomed
(1886) 7 I.D. 64 (Cal.)

3. Doraswami Iyer v.
Arunachala Ayyar
(1935) 43 LW 259
(Mad.)

4. Abdul Aziz v. Masum

Ali, AIR 1914 All. 22

5. Venkata Chinnaya Rau

v. Venkataramaya Garu
(1881) 1 ID 137 (Mad.)

6. Nawab Khwaja
Muhammad Khan v.
Nawab Husaini Begam
(1910) LR 37 I.A. 152

15 Privity of contract and Recommended Text Book:

Student CO (3)=LO(3)-S
th
exceptions to the rule Activity
Avatar Singh(11 Edition), P.No.
106-118 /
Article: Lecture
Cases and Comments & Class
Warranties Discussi
and Privity of Contract — A on
United States
Example of Judicial Law
Making by J.N. Saxena 6 JILI
(1964) 87
http://www.scconline.com/Docu
mentLink/PG7cJ343
16 Kinds of agreements Recommended Text Book: Student CO (3)=LO(3)-S
th
Avatar Singh(11 Edition), P.No. Activity
278, 280, 281, 303, 315, 324,330 /
(Valid and Void Agreement) Lecture
& Class
Discussi
on
17 Essentials of contract Recommended Text Book: Lecture CO (3)=LO(3)-S
th
Avatar Singh(11 Edition), P.No. & Class
3-5 Discussi
Case Law/s: on/
 Secy.-cum-Chief Engineer v. Exercis
Hari Om Sharma, (1998) 5 es/
SCC 87 students
 Sunil Pannalal Banthia v. City particip
& Industr ..., (2007) 10 SCC
674 ation in
 Union of India v. Col. L.S.N. activitie
Murthy, (2012) 1 SCC 718 s
 Papaiah v. State of Karnataka,
(1996) 10 SCC 533
 A.V.M. Sales Corpn. v.
Anuradha Chemical ..., (2012)
2 SCC 315
 Jehal Tanti v. Nageshwar
Singh, (2013) 14 SCC 689
 World Sport Group (Mauritius)
Ltd. v. MSM Satellite, (2014)
11 SCC 639
 S.K. Jain v. State of Haryana,
(2009) 4 SCC 357
18-19 Competence of parties Recommended Text Book: Lecture CO (3)=LO(3)-S
and consequences of Avatar Singh(11th Edition), P.No & Class
agreements entered into .147-167 Discussi
by a minor Case Laws on
1. Mohori Bibee v.
Dhurmodas Ghose
(1903) 30 I.A. 114

2. Khan Gul v. Lakha

Singh, AIR 1928 Lah.
609

3. Ajudhia Prasad v.
Chandan Lal, AIR 1937
All. 610
20-23 Free consent – coercion, Recommended Text Book: Video CO (3)=LO(3)-S
th
undue influence, fraud, Avatar Singh(11 Edition), P.No. Presenta
misrepresentation, 169-170, 173,193,203,219. tion /
mistake fact and law Case Laws: Lecture
& Class
1. Raghunath Prasad v.
Discussi
Sarju Prasad (1923) 51 on
I.A. 101

2. Subhas Chandra Das

Mushib v. Ganga Prasad
Das Mushib,AIR 1967
SC 878

3. Lakshmi Amma v. T.
Narayana Bhatta, 1970
(3) SCC 159

4. Tarsem Singh v.
Sukhminder Singh
(1998) 3 SCC 471

24 Unlawful consideration Recommended Text Book: Video CO (3)=LO(3)-S

Avatar Singh (11th Edition), Presenta
P.No.247-278. tion /
Case Law: Lecture
& Class
1. Bank of India v. O.P.
Discussi
Swarankar, AIR 2003 on
SC 858
25-27 Void agreement – Recommended Text Book: Student CO (3)=LO(3)-S
th
agreements in restraint of Avatar Singh (11 Edition), particip
marriage, trade, legal P.No. 278-281,303-3-4,315,377. ation in
proceedings, uncertain Case Laws: Activiti
agreements, frustration es
2. Gherulal Parakh v.
of contracts.
Mahadeodas Maiya,
AIR 1959 SC 781

3. Niranjan Shankar
Golikari v. Century
Spinning &
Manufacturing Co. Ltd.,
AIR 1967 SC 1098

4. Central Inland Water

Transport Corpn. Ltd. v.
Brojo Nath Ganguly
(1986) 3 SCC 156

5. D.T.C. v. D.T.C.
Mazdoor Congress, AIR
1991 SC 101

6. Dhurandhar Prasad
Singh v. Jai Prakash
University, AIR 2001
SC 2552

28 Contingent contracts Recommended Text Book: Lecture CO (3)=LO(3)-S

Avatar Singh (11th Edition), & Class
P.No.339-341 Discussi
Case Law/s: on
 CWT v. Her Highness
Vijayaba, (1979) 2 SCC 213
 Ramzan v. Hussaini, (1990) 1
SCC 104
 Moti Lal Chunnilal (Tak) v.
CIT, (1998) 9 SCC 401
 Krishna Devi v. Keshri
Nandan, (2018) 4 SCC 481
 Manjul Srivastava v. Govt. of
 U.P., (2008) 8 SCC 652
 Kapilaben v. Ashok Kumar
Jayantilal Shet ..., 2019 SCC
OnLine SC 1512

29-31 Performance of Contract – Recommended Text Book: Lecture CO (2)=LO(2)-M

Offer/Tender of Avatar Singh, P.No. & Class
performance and 345,347,351,355,358,418,435 Discussi
essentials of a valid Case Law/s: on
tender, by whom  Collector of Customs v.
Rakesh Press, (1997) 10 SCC
contracts should be 457
performed, time and  Hotline Teletubes and
place of performance, Components Ltd. v. State of
Contracts which need not Bihar, (2005) 10 SCC 261
be performed,  United India Insurance Co.
Ltd. v. Pushpalaya, (2004) 3
anticipatory breach of SCC 694
contract, Clayton’s rule  Yash Chopra v. Video Masters,
(2005) 12 SCC 332
 Punjab SEB v. Raj & Sandeep
Ltd., (2004) 13 SCC 584
 Suraj Mal Ram Niwas Oil
Mills (P) Ltd. v UIICL and
another, (2010) 10 SCC 567
 Ultimate Builders v. Sapan
Chopra, 2013 SCC OnLine Del
4060
 Rahul Cargo Pvt. Ltd. v.
National Insura ..., 2014 SCC
OnLine Del 2229
 Javed Alam v. Inderjit Kaur,
(2005) 11 SCC 550
 Gunwantbhai Mulchand Shah
v. Anton Elis ..., (2006) 3 SCC
634
 United India Insurance Co.
Ltd. v. Pushp ..., (2004) 3 SCC
694
 State of Rajasthan v. S.N.
Tiwari, (2009) 4 SCC 700
 Indira Kaur v. Sheo Lal
Kapoor, (1988) 2 SCC 488
 Kailash Nath Associates v.
DDA, (2015) 4 SCC 136

32-33 Discharge of contracts Recommended Text Book: Student CO (3)=LO(3)-S

Avatar Singh (11th Edition), Activity
P.No.339. /
Lecture
1. Satyabrata Ghose v.
& Class
Mugneeram Bangur & Discussi
on
Co., AIR 1954 SC 44
 2. M/s. Alopi Parshad &
Sons Ltd. v. Union of
India, AIR 1960 SC 588

3. Punj Sons Pvt. Ltd. v.

Union of India, AIR
1986 Del. 158

4. Easun Engineering Co.

Ltd. v. The Fertilizers &
Chemicals Travancore
Ltd., AIR 1991 Mad.
158

34-35 Quasi Contracts or certain Recommended Text Book: Lecture CO (3)=LO(2)-S

relations resembling those Avatar Singh (11th Edition), & Class
created by contract P.No.540. Discussi
Case Law: on/
Exercis
1. State of West Bengal v.
es
B.K. Mondal & Sons,
AIR 1962 SC 779

36-37 Breach of contracts and Recommended Text Book: Lecture CO (3)=LO(3)-S

th
effects of breach Avatar Singh (11 Edition),
P.No.436
Case Laws:
 State Bank of Saurashtra v.
P.N.B., (2001) 5 SCC 751
 Ghaziabad Development
Authority v. Balbi ..., (2005) 9
SCC 573
 Haryana Urban Development
Authority v. Rajendra, (2005)
9 SCC 570
 State of Gujarat v. Kothari &
Associates, (2016) 14 SCC 761
 Shamsu Suhara Beevi v. G.
Alex, (2004) 8 SCC 569

38-39 Liquidated damages and Recommended Text Book: Lecture CO (3)=LO(3)-S

th
penalty Avatar Singh (11 Edition),
P.No.539,518,459.
1. Hadley v. Baxendale
 (1843-60) All ER Rep.
461

2. AKAS Jamal v. Moolla

Dawood, Sons & Co.
(1915) XX C.W.N. 105

3. Karsandas H. Thacker v.
M/s. The Saran
Engineering Co. Ltd.,
AIR 1965 SC 1981

4. Maula Bux v. Union of

India, AIR 1970 SC
1955

5. Shri Hanuman Cotton

Mills v. Tata Air Craft
Ltd., 1969 (3) SCC 522

6. Ghaziabad Development
Authority v. Union of
India, AIR 2000 SC
2003

7. Oil & Natural Gas

Corporation Ltd. v. Saw
Pipes Ltd. (2003) 4
SCALE 92

40 Standard forms Recommended Text Book: Lecture CO (2)=LO(2)-S

of Contract Avatar Singh (11th Edition),
P.No.66-97

Additional Notes:
 (2006) 4 SCC J 15,
Cricket and
TheValidity of Standard f
orm of Contracts by
 Srinath Sridevan
 36 Indus. L.J. 2 (2007),
Legal Responses to the
Standard Form Contract
of Employment
 Edward
Gallagher, Recent
Changes in the Standard
Form of Federal
Construction Contract,
1968 A.B.A. Sec.
Ins. NEGL. & COMP. L.
PROC. 138 (1968).
 Mark R.
Patterson, Standardization
of Standard-Form
Contracts: Competition
and Contract
Implications,
52 WM. & MARY L. RE
V. 327 (2010).

41-42 The Specific Relief Act, Recommended Text Book: Lecture CO (3)=LO(2)-S
1963 Avatar Singh (11th Edition), & Class
Specific performance of P.No.829,840,847,866,884,888,8 Discussi
contracts – 90, on/
Relevant Sections 9, Case Laws: Exercis
10, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22,  Thamanna Shivalingappa Teli es
v. State of Karnataka, (2005)
23and 24 12 SCC 171
 State of Bihar v. Arvind
Kumar, (2012) 12 SCC 395
 Jagdish Singh v. Natthu Singh,
(1992) 1 SCC 647
 Urmila Devi v. Mandir Shree
Chamunda Dev ..., (2018) 2
SCC 284
 State Bank of Saurashtra v.
P.N.B., (2001) 5 SCC 751
43 Rectification of Recommended Text Book: Lecture CO
instruments- Avatar Singh (11th Edition), & Class (3)=LO(2)+LO(3)-S
Relevant Sections P.No.896,898 Discussi
26 and 27 Case Law/s: on/
  Puran Ram v. Bhaguram, Exercis
(2008) 4 SCC 102 es
 Joseph John Peter Sandy v.
Veronica Thom ..., (2013) 3
SCC 801
 Subhadra v. Thankam, (2010)
11 SCC 514
 Pranab Kumar Pal v. LIZ
Investment (P) L ..., (2009) 6
SCC 689
 Sunil Pannalal Banthia v. City
& Industr ..., (2007) 10 SCC
674
 Lalit Kumar Jain v. Jaipur
Traders Corpn ..., (2002) 5
SCC 383
 Union of India v. Col. L.S.N.
Murthy, (2012) 1 SCC 718
 P.C. Chacko v. LIC of India,
(2008) 1 SCC 321
44-45 Injunctions- Recommended Text Book: Lecture CO (3)=LO(2)-S
th
Relevant Sections Avatar Singh (11 Edition), & Class
36, 37, 38, 39 and 40 P.No.916,917,920 Discussi
Skill developing exercise – Case Law/s: on/
Drafting a contract  Shyam Lal Yadav v. Kusum Exercis
Dhawan, (1979) 4 SCC 143 es
 Shri Chand v. Govt. of U.P.,
(1985) 4 SCC 169
 Municipal Corpn. of Delhi v.
Suresh Chandra Jaipuria and
others, (1976) 4 SCC 719
 Meena Chaudhary v. Commr.
of Delhi Police, (2015) 2 SCC
156
 Pannalal Radhakrishna Poddar
v. Dinkar Rai and others,
(2012) 12 SCC 481
 Ramakrishna Rao v. Rai
Murari, (2008) 3 SCC 175
 Nagar Palika Parishad, Mihona
v. Ramnath, (2014) 6 SCC 394
 Ramji Rai v. Jagdish Mallah,
(2007) 14 SCC 200
 Municipal Council, Udaipur v.
Mahendra Kumar (2008) 12
SCC 771
 Gowri v. Shanthi, (2014) 11
SCC 664
 Tanusree Basu v. Ishani Prasad
Basu, (2008) 4 SCC 791
 Om Prakash v. Shanti Devi,
(2015) 4 SCC 601
 Ramesh v. Harbans Nagpal,
(2015) 8 SCC 716

5 Tutorials
10 Self Learning including
projects, presentations,
moot courts,simulation,
exercises, film review,
news review, field
visit,experiential learning,
guest lectures
Expectations from Students:
To participate in the classes exercises and activities
To be present in the class on time specified by all means
To be sincere in doing the assignments and class preparations
To maintain the dignity of a classroom and cooperate for the class and restrain from using
mobile phones
To actively participate in case analysis and incorporate the theories into practical phenomena
To undertake the tests very seriously and perform better
To be consistent in preparation for the class and tests which enables continous learning
To have a parallel awareness on the current trends in legal field and events associated with
the theories learnt.
To read the relevant articles in the newspapers and keep updated with the recent changes.
Evaluations Timelines:
Keeping in line with continuous evaluation at SLSH, the following schedules have been
drawn, students are expected to go through the dates/sessions mentioned and prepare
accordingly.
Evaluation Timeline:-

Keeping in line with continuous evaluation at SLS-H, the following schedules have been drawn.
Students are expected to go through the dates / sessions mentioned and prepare accordingly.

Component Expected slot / Marks declaration

Component Weightage
Number due date by
1 Contract 17/08/2023 20
Drafting 27/08/2023
2 Moot 16/09/2023 26/09/2023 20
Court
End exam 60
Total 100