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Q1. Discuss the nature and significance of business law?
Ans:- The term law ‟ is used in many senses: you may speak of the
law of physics, mathematics, science, or the laws of the football or
health. In its widest sense, law ‟ means any rule of conduct, standard or
pattern, to which actions are required to conform; if not conformed,
sanctions are imposed. When we speak of the law of a State, we use the
term law ‟ in a special and strict sense
Significance of law
1. Law is a body of rules:- These rules prescribe the conduct,
standard or pattern to which actions of the persons in the state are
required to conform. However, all rules of conduct do not
become law in the strict sense. We resort to various kinds of rules
to guide our lives. For example, our conduct may be guided by a
rule such as “do not be arrogant” or “do not be disrespectful to
elders or women”. These are ethical or moral rules by which our
daily lives are guided. If we do not follow them, we may lose our
friends and their respect, but no legal action can be taken against
us.
2. Law is for the guidance or conduct of persons :– both human and
artificial. The law is not made just for the sake of making it. The
rules embodied in the law are made, so as to ensure that actions
of the persons in the society conform to some predetermined
standard or pattern. This is necessary so as to ensure continuance
of the society. No doubt, if citizens are self -enlightened‟ or self -
controlled‟, disputes may be minimized, but will not beeliminated. Rules are, therefore, drawn up to ensure that
members of the society may live and work together in an orderly
manner. Therefore, if the rules embodied in the law are broken,
is used to enforce obedience, and certain consequences ensue.
3. Law is imposed :- Law is imposed on the members to bring about
an order in the group, enabling it to continue and prosper. It isnot something which may or may not be obeyed at the sweet will
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of the members of society. If you cannot impose a rule it is better
not to have it. Thus, law is made obligatory on the members of
the society.
4. Law is enforced by the executive :- Obviously, unless a law is
enforced it ceases to be a law and those persons subject to it will
regard it as dead. For example, if A steals B‟s bicycle, he may be
prosecuted by a court and may be punished. Also, the court may
order the restitution of the bicycle to its rightful owner i.e., B. If
the government passes many laws but does not attempt to enforce
them, the citizens lose their respect for government and law, andsociety is greatly weakened. The force used is known as sanction
which the state administers to secure obedience to its laws.
5. The state :- A state is a territorial division, with people therein
subject to a uniform system of law administered by some
authority of the state. Thus, law presupposes a state.
6. Content of law :- The law is a living thing and changes throughout
the course of history. Law responds to public opinion and
changes accordingly. Law can never be static. Therefore,
amendments are made in different laws from time to time. For
example, the Monopolistic and Restrictive Trade Practices Act,
1969, has been subjected to many amendments since its
inception in 1969.
7. Two basic ideas involved in law :- The two basic ideas involved in
any law are: (i) to maintain some form of social order in a group
and (ii) to compel members of the group to be within that order.
These basic ideas underlie formulation of any rules for the
members of a group. A group is created because first, there is a
social instinct in the people to live together and secondly, it helps
them in self-preservation. Rules are made by the members of the
group, so that the group doesn‟t whither away.
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8. Law is made to serve some purpose which may be social,
economic or political :- Some examples of law ‟ in the widest
sense of the term. Law ‟ in its widest sense may include:
(i) Moral rules or etiquettes, the non-observance of which may
lead to public ridicule,
(ii) Law of the Land the non-observance of which may lead to
arrest, imprisonment, fines, etc.,
(iii) Rules of international law, the non-observance of which
may lead to social boycott, trade-sanctions, cold war, hot
war, proxy war, etc.
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Q2. Define contract of indemnity. Describe the rights of
the indemnifier and the indemnity holder.
Ans:-- Meaning of indemnity
Secs.124 and 125 provide for a contract of indemnity. Sec.124 provides
that a contract of indemnity is a contract whereby one party promises to
save the other from loss caused to him (the promisee) by the conduct
of the promisor himself or by the conduct of any other person. A
contract of insurance is a glaring example of such type of contracts. A
contract of indemnity may arise either by (i) an express promise or (ii)
operation of law, e.g., the duty of a principal to indemnify an agent
from consequences of all lawful acts done by him as an agent.
The contract of indemnity, like any other contract, must have all the
essentials of a valid contract. These are two parties in a contraction of
identity indemnifier and indemnified. The indemnifier promises to
make good the loss of the indemnified (i.e., the promisee).
Example: A contracts to indemnify B against the consequences of any
proceeding which C may take against B in respect of a certain sum of
Rs 200. This is a contract of indemnity.
Rights of the indemnified (i.e., the indemnity holder)
He is entitled to recover from the promisor: (i) All damages which he
may be compelled to pay in any suit in respect of any matter to which
the promise to indemnify applies; (ii) All costs of suit which he may
have to pay to such third party, provided in bringing or defending the
suit (a) he acted under the authority of the indemnifier or (b) if he did
not act in contravention of orders of the indemnifier and in such a way
as a prudent man would act in his own case; (iii) All sums which may
have been paid under the terms of any compromise of any such suit, if
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the compromise was not contrary to the orders of the indemnifier and
was one which it would have been prudent for the promisee to make.
Rights of the indemnifier
The Act makes no mention of the rights of indemnifier. However, his
rights, in such cases, are similar to the rights of a surety under Sec.141,
viz., he becomes entitled to the benefit of all the securities which the
creditor has against the principal debtor whether he was aware of them
or not.
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Q3. What is Partnership? Briefly state special features of
a partnership on the basis of which its existence can be
determined under the Indian Partnership Act?
Ans:-- Partnership is defined as “the relationship between persons
who have agreed to share profits of a business carried on by all, or by
any of them acting for all”. On analysis of the definition, certain
essential elements of partnership emerge. These elements must be
present so as to form a partnership and are discussed below.
1. Partnership is an association of two or more than two persons:-There must be at least two persons who should join together to
constitute a partnership, because one person cannot become a partner
with himself. These persons must be natural persons having legal
capacity to contract. Thus, a company (which is an artificial person)
cannot be a partner. Similarly, a partnership firm cannot be a partner
of another partnership firm. As regards maximum number of partners
in a partnership firm, Sec.11 of the Companies Act, 1956, puts the
limit at 10 in case of banking business and 20 in case of any other
business.
2. Partnership must be the result of an agreement between two or more
persons:- An agreement presupposes a minimum number of two
persons. As mentioned above, a partnership to arise, at least two
persons must make an agreement. Partnership is the result of an
agreement between two or more persons (who are known as partners
after the partnership comes into existence).
3. The agreement must be to carry on some business:- The term
business‟ includes every trade, occupation or profession [Sec.2(b)].
Though the word business‟ generally conveys the idea of numerous
transactions, a person may become a partner with another even in a
particular adventure or undertaking (Sec.8). Unless the person joins for
the purpose of carrying on a business, it will not amount to partnership.
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4. The agreement must be to share profits of the business:- The joint
carrying on of a business alone is not enough; there must be an
agreement to share profits arising from the business. Unless otherwise
so agreed, sharing of profits also involves sharing of losses. But whereas
the sharing of profits is an essential element of partnership, sharing of losses is not.
Example: A, a trader, owed money to several creditors. He agreed to
pay his creditors out of the profits of his business (run under the
creditors‟ supervision) what he owed to them. Held, the arrangement
did not make creditors partners with A in business [Cox v. Hickman,
(1860) 8 H.L.C., 268].
Formation of partnerships
All the essential elements of a valid contract must be present in a
partnership as it is based on an agreement. Therefore, while
constituting a partnership. The following points must be kept in mind:
1. The Act provides that a minor may be admitted to be benefits of
partnership.
2. No consideration is required to create partnership. A partnership
is an extension of agency for which no consideration is necessary.
3. The partnership agreement may be express (i.e., oral or writing)
or implied and the latter may be inferred from the conduct or the
course of dealings of the parties or from the circumstances of the
case. However, it is always advisable to have the partnership
agreement in writing.
4. An alien friend can enter into partnership, an alien enemy
cannot.5. A person of unsound mind is not competent to enter into a
partnership.
6. A company, incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 can
enter into a contract of partnership.
Duration of partnership
The duration of partnership may or may not be fixed. It may beconstituted even for a particular adventure.
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Partnership at will
In accordance with Sec.7, a partnership is called a partnership at will
where;
(i) it is not constituted for a fixed period of time and(ii) there is no provision made as to the determination of
partnership in any other way.
Therefore such a partnership has no fixed or definite date of
termination. Accordingly death or retirement of a partner does not
affect the continuance of such a partnership.
Particular partnership
In accordance with Sec.8 a particular partnership is one which is
formed for a particular adventure or a particular undertaking. Such a
partnership is usually dissolved on the completion of the adventure or
undertaking.
Limited partnership
In this type of partnership, the liability of certain partners is limited to
the amount of capital which they have agreed to contribute to thebusiness. In a limited partnership, there will be at least one general
partner whose liability is unlimited and one or more special partners
whose liability is limited.
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Q4. What remedies are available to a seller for breach
of contract of sale?
Ans:-- Remedies for Breach of a ContractIn addition to the rights of a seller against goods provided in Secs.47 to
54, the seller has the following remedies against the buyer personally.
(i) suit for price (Sec.55); (ii) damages for non-acceptance of goods
(Sec.56); (iii) suit for interest (Sec.56).
1 Suit for price (Sec.55)
Where under a contract of sale the property in the goods has passed tothe buyer and the buyer wrongfully neglects or refuses to pay the price,
the seller can sue the buyer for the price of the goods. Where the
property in goods has not passed to the buyer, as a rule, the seller
cannot file a suit for the price; his only remedy is to claim damages.
Example: A sold certain goods to B for Rs 5,000 and the price was
agreed to be paid before the expiry of ten days of the contract. B fails
to pay the price within the stipulated time. A can file a suit for priceagainst B even though the goods have not been delivered or the
property in goods has not been passed to B.
2 Suit for damages for non-acceptance (Sec.56)
Where the buyer wrongfully neglects or refuses to accept and pay for
the goods, the seller may sue him for damages for non-acceptance.
Where the property in the goods has not passed to the buyer and theprice was not payable without passing of property, the seller can only
sue for damages and not for the price. The amount of damages is to be
determined in accordance with the provisions laid down in Sec.73 of
the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Thus, where there is an available
market for the goods prima facie, the difference between the market
price and the contract price can be recovered.
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3 Suit for interest (Sec.61)
When under a contract of sale, the seller tenders the goods to the
buyer and the buyer wrongfully refuses or neglects to accept and pay
the price, the seller has a further right to claim interest on the amount of the price. In the absence of a contract to the contrary, the court may
award interest at such rate as it thinks fit on the amount of the price.
The interest may be calculated from the date of the tender of the goods
or from the date on which the price was payable. It is obvious that the
unpaid seller can claim interest only when he can recover the price, i.e.,
if the seller‟s remedy is to claim damages only, then he cannot claim
interest.
4 Buyer‟s remedies against seller
The buyer has the following rights against the seller for breach of
contract:
(i) damages for non-delivery (Sec.57);
(ii) right of recovery of the price;
(iii) specific performance (Sec.58);
(iv) suit for breach of condition;(v) suit for breach of warranty (Sec.59);
(vi) (anticipatory breach (Sec.60);
(vii) recovery of interest (Sec.61).
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Q5. Examine the rights of a consumer enshrined under
the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.
Ans:-- Rights of ConsumersFor the first time in the history of consumer legislation in India, the
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 extended a statutory recognition to the
rights of consumers. Sec.6 of the Act recognizes the following six rights
of consumers:
1. Right to safety, i.e., the right to be protected against the marketing
of goods and services which are hazardous to life and property.
2. Right to be informed, i.e., the right to be informed about the
quality, quantity, potency, purity, standard and price of goods or
services, as the case may be, so as to protect the consumer against
unfair trade practices.
3. Right to choose: It means right to be assured, wherever possible,
access to a variety of goods and services at competitive prices. Incase of monopolies, say, railways, telephones, etc., it means right to be assured of
satisfactory quality and service at a fair price.
4. Right to be heard, i.e., the consumers‟ interests will receive due
consideration at appropriate forums. It also includes right to be
represented in various forums formed to consider the
consumers‟ welfare.
5. Right to seek redressal: It means the right to seek redressal
against unfair practices or restrictive trade practices or
unscrupulous exploitation of consumers. It also includes right to
fair settlement of the genuine grievances of the consumers.
6. Right to consumer education: It means the right to acquire the
knowledge and skill to be an informed consumer.
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Q6. Write short notes on the following:
a. Copy right
b. License
Ans:-- a. Meaning of copyright (Sec.14)
The term copyright ‟ means the exclusive right, by virtue of, and
subject to the provision of the Act:
(a) in the case of literary, dramatic or musical work, not being a computer programme – (i) to reproduce the work in any material
form including the storing of it in any medium by electronic
means; (ii) to issue copies of thework to the public not being
copies already in circulation; (iii) to perform the work in public,
or communicate it to the public; (iv) to make any cinematograph
film or sound recording in respect of the work; (v) to make any
translation of the work; (vi) to make any adaptation of the work;
(vii) to do, in relation to a translation or an adaptation of the work, any of the acts specified in relation to the work in (i) to (vi);
(b) in the case of computer programme – (i) to do any of the acts
specified in clause (a) above; (ii) to sell or give on hire, or offer
for sale or hire any copy of the computer programme, regardless
of whether such copy has been sold or given on hire on earlier
occasions;
(c) in the case of an artistic work – (i) to reproduce the work in any
material form including depiction in three dimensions of a two –
dimensional work or in two dimensions of a three – dimensional
work; (ii) to communicate the work to the public; (iii) to issue
copies of the work to the public not being copies already in
circulation; (iv) to include the work in any cinematograph film; (v)
to make any adaptation of the work; (vi) to do in relation to an
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adaptation of the work any of the acts specified in relation to the
work in (i) to (iv) above;
(d) in the case of a cinematograph film – (i) to make a copy of thefilm, including a photograph of any image forming part thereof;
(ii) to sell or give on hire; or offer for sale or hire, any copy of the
film, regardless of whether such copy has been sold or given on
hire on earlier occasions; (iii) to communicate the film to the
public.
(e) In the case of a sound recording – (i) to make any other sound
recording embodying it; (ii) to sell or give on hire, or offer for
sale or hire, any copy of the sound recording regardless of
whether such copy has been sold or given on hire on earlier
occasions; (iii) to communicate the sound recording to the public.
b. License
Licence by owners of copyright
Sec.30 provides that the owner of the copyright in any existing work
or the prospective owner of the copyright in any future work may
grant any interest in the right by licence in writing signed by him or
by his duly authorised agent. But in the case of a licence relating to
copyright in any future work, the licence shall take effect only when
the work comes into existence.
Compulsory licence in works withheld from public
Sec.31 provides that at any time during the term of copyright in any
Indian work which has been published or performed in public a
complaint may be made to the Copyright Board that the owner of
copyright in the work
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(a) has refused to re-publish or allow the republication of the work
or has refused to allow the performance in public of the work
and by reason of such refusal the work is withheld from the
public; or
(b) has refused to allow communication to the public by broadcast of such work or in the case of a sound recording the work recorded
in such sound recording, on terms which the complainant
considers reasonable.
Compulsory Licence in unpublished Indian works (Sec.31A)
Where in the case of an Indian work, the author is dead or
unknown or cannot be traced or the owner of the copyright in such work cannot be found, any person may apply to the Copyright
Board for a licence to publish such work or translation thereof in
any language. Before making an application, the applicant shall
publish his proposal in one issue of a daily newspaper in the English
language having circulation in the major part of the country and
where the application is for the publication of a translation in
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Q 1. “All agreement are not contracts but all contacts are
agreements”. Comment.
Ans:-- A contract is a legally binding agreement or relationship that
exists between two or more parties to do or abstain from performing
certain acts. A contract can also be defined as a legally binding
exchange of promises between two or more parties that the law will
enforce. For a contract to be formed an offer made must backed
acceptance of which there must be consideration. Both parties involved
must intend to create legal relation on a lawful matter which must be
entered into freely and should be possible to perform. An agreement is
a form of cross reference between different parties, which may be
written, oral and lies upon the honor of the parties for its fulfillment
rather than being in any way enforceable. All contracts are agreement
because there must be mutual understanding between two parties for a
contract to be formed. All parties should agree and adhere to the terms
and conditions of an offer. The following cases illustrate ways in which
all contracts are agreements; In the case of invitation to treat, where aninvitation to treat is merely an invitation to make an offer. When a
firm's offer is accepted it results into a contract provided other elements
of contracts are accepted. Considering person A buying a radio on hire
purchase from person B who deals with electronics and its appliances.
Both parties must come to an agreement on payment of monthly
installment within specified period of time. Such an agreement result to
specialty contract which a contract under seal. All contracts areagreement until avoided for example, avoidable contract where one of
the parties can withdraw from it if s/he wishes. This occurs due to
minor agreement and misrepresentation or undue influence.
Considering a case where person A make contract with person B but
during the contract period B realizes that he was engaged to perform an
agreement under undue influence.
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Definition of contract According to section 2(h) of the Indian Contract
Act: “An agreement enforceable by law is a contract." A contract
therefore, is an agreement the object of which is to create a legal
obligation i.e., a duty enforceable by law. From the above definition, wefind that a contract essentially consists of two elements:
(1) An agreement and
(2) Legal obligation
i.e., a duty enforceable by law. We shall now examine these elements
detail.
1. Agreement
As per section 2 (e): " Every promise and every set of promises,
forming the consideration for each other, is an agreement." Thus it is
clear from this definition that a 'promise' is an agreement. What is a
'promise'? The answer to this question is contained in section 2 (b)
which defines the term." When the person to whom the proposal is
made signifies his assent there to the proposal is said to be accepted. A
proposal, when accepted, becomes a promise."
An agreement, therefore, comes into existence only when one party
makes a proposal or offer to the other party and that other party
signifies his assent (i.e., gives his acceptance) thereto.
In short, an agreement is the sum total of 'offer' and 'acceptance'.
On analyzing the above definition the following characteristics of an
agreement become evident:
(a) At least two persons. There must be two or more persons to make
an agreement because one person cannot inter into an agreement withhimself.
(b) Consensus-ad-idem. Both the parties to an agreement must agree
about the subject matter of the agreement in the same sense and at the
same time.
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2. Legal obligation.
As stated above, an agreement to become a contract must give rise to a
legal obligation i.e., a duty enforceable by law. If an agreement is
incapable of creating a duty enforceable by law. It is not a contract.Thus an agreement is a wider term than a contract.
"All contracts are agreements but all agreements are not contracts,"
Agreements of moral, religious or social nature e.g., a promise to lunch
together at a friend's house or to take a walk together are not contracts
because they are not likely to create a duty enforceable by law for the
simple reason that the parties never intended that they should beattended by legal consequences
Essential Elements of a Valid Contract
A contract has been defined in section 2(h) as "an agreement
enforceable by law." To be enforceable by law, an agreement must
possess the essential elements of a valid contract as contained in
sections 10, 29 and 56. According to section 10, all agreements arecontracts if they are made by the free consent of the parties, competent
to contract, for a lawful consideration, with a lawful object, are not
expressly declared by the Act to be void, and where necessary, satisfy
the requirements of any law as to writing or attention or registration. As
the details of these essentials form the subject matter of our subsequent
chapters, we propose to discuss them in brief here.
The essential elements of a valid contract are as follows.
1. Offer and acceptance. There must a 'lawful offer' and a 'lawful
acceptance' of the offer, thus resulting in an agreement. The
adjective 'lawful' implies that the offer and acceptance must satisfy
the requirements of the contract act in relation thereto.
2. Intention to create legal relations. There must be an intention
among the parties that the agreement should be attached by legalconsequences and create legal obligations.
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Agreements of a social or domestic nature do not contemplate legal
relations, and as such they do not give rise to a contract. An agreement
to dine at a friend's house in not an agreement intended to create legalrelations and therefore is not a contract. Agreements between husband
and wife also lack the intention to create legal relationship and thus do
not result in contracts. Try to work out the solution in the following
cases and then go to the answer.
3. Lawful consideration. The third essential element of a valid
contract is the presence of 'consideration'. Consideration has
been defined as the price paid by one party for the promise of theother. An agreement is legally enforceable only when each of the
parties to it gives something and gets something. The something
given or obtained is the price for the promise and is called
'consideration' subject to certain exceptions; gratuitous promises
are not enforceable at law. The 'consideration' may be an act
(doing something) or forbearance (not doing something) or a
promise to do or not to do something. It may be past, present or
future. But only those considerations are valid which are 'lawful'.The consideration is 'lawful'. unless it is forbidden by law; or is of
such a nature that, if permitted it would defeat The provisions of
any law; or is fraudulent; or involves or implies injury to the
person or property of another; or is immoral; or is opposed to
public policy (sec.23).
4. Capacity of parties. The parties to an agreement must be
competent to contract. But the question that arises now is that what parties are competent and what are not. The contracting
parties must be of the age of majority and of sound mind and
must not be disqualified by any law to which they are subject
(sec.11). If any of the parties to the agreement suffers from
minority, lunacy, idiocy, drunkenness etc. The agreement is not
enforceable at law, except in some special cases e.g., in the case of
necessaries supplied to a minor or lunatic, the supplier of goods
is entitled to be reimbursed from their estate (sec 68).
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5. Free consent. Free consent of all the parties to an agreement is
another essential element. This concept has two aspects. (1)
Consent should be made and (2) it should be free of any pressure
or misunderstanding. 'Consent' means that the parties must have
agreed upon the same thing in the same sense (sec. 13). There isabsence of 'free consent,' if the agreement is induced by
(i)coercion, (ii) undue influence, (iii) fraud, (iv) mis-
representation, or (v) mistake (sec. 14). If the agreement is
vitiated by any of the first four factors, the contract would be
voidable and cannot be enforced by the party guilty of coercion,
undue influence etc. The other party (i.e., the aggrieved party)
can either reject the contract or accept it, subject to the rules laid
down in the act. If the agreement is induced by mutual mistake which is material to the agreement, it would be void (sec. 20)
6. Lawful object. For the formation of a valid contract it is also
necessary that the parties to an agreement must agree for a lawful
object. The object for which the agreement has been entered into
must not be fraudulent or illegal or immoral or opposed to public
policy or must not imply injury to the person or the other of the
reasons mentioned above the agreement is void. Thus, when a landlord knowingly lets a house to a prostitute to carry on
prostitution, he cannot recover the rent through a court of law or
a contract for committing a murder is a void contract and
unenforceable by law.
7. Writing and registration. According to the Indian contract Act, a
contract to be valid, must be in writing and registered. For
example, it requires that an agreement to pay a time barred debt must be in writing and an agreement to make a gift for natural
love and affection must be in writing and registered to make the
agreement enforceable by law which must be observed.
8. Certainty. Section 29 of the contract Act provides that
“Agreements, the meaning of which is not certain or capable of
being made certain, are void." In order to give rise to a valid
contract the terms of the agreement must not be vague or
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uncertain. It must be possible to ascertain the meaning of the
agreement, for otherwise, it cannot be enforced
Illustration. A, agrees to sell B " a hundred ton of oil" there is nothing
whatever to show what kind of oil was intended. The agreement is void for uncertainly.
9. Possibility of performance. Yet another essential feature of a valid
contract is that it must be capable of performance. Section 56 lays
down that "An agreement to do an act impossible in itself is void".
If the act is impossible in itself, physically or legally, the
agreement cannot be enforced at law.
Illustration.
A agrees with B, to discover treasure by magic. The agreement is not
enforceable.
10. Not expressly declared void. The agreement must not have been
expressly declared to be void under the Act. Sections 24-30
specify certain types of agreements that have been expressly
declared to be void. For example, an agreement in restraint of marriage, an agreement in restraint of trade, and an agreement by
way of wager have been expressly declared void under sections
26, 27 and 30 respectively.
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Q2. What do you mean by bailment? What are the
requisites of a contract of bailment? Explain.
Ans:-- Definition of bailment (Sec.148)Bailment is defined as the “delivery of goods by one to another person
for some purpose, upon a contract that they shall, when the purpose is
accomplished, be returned or otherwise disposed of according to the
directions of person delivering them”. The person delivering the goods
is called the bailor‟ and the person to whom the goods are delivered is
called the bailee‟. The explanation to the above Section points out
that delivery of possession is not necessary, where one person, already
in possession of goods contracts to hold them as bailee.
The bailee is under an obligation to re-deliver the goods, in their
original or altered form, as soon as the time of use for, or condition on
which they were bailed, has elapsed or been performed”.
Let‟s illustrate,
(i) A delivers some clothes to B, a dry cleaner, for dry cleaning.(ii) A delivers a wrist watch to B for repairs.
(iii) A lends his book to B for reading.
(iv) A delivers a suit-length to a tailor for stitching.
(v) A delivers some gold biscuits to B, a jeweller, for making
jewellery.
(vi) Delivery of goods to a carrier for the purpose of carrying them
from one place to another.
(vii) Delivery of goods as security for the repayment of loan andinterest thereon, i.e., pledge.
From the definition of bailment, the following characteristics should be
noted:
1. Delivery of goods. The essence of bailment is delivery of
goods by one person to another for some temporary purpose.
Delivery of goods may, however, be actual or constructive.
Actual delivery may be made by handing over goods to the
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bailee. Constructive delivery may be made by doing
something which has the effect of putting the goods in the
possession of the intended bailee or any person authorised to
hold them on his behalf (Sec.149).
Example: A holding goods on behalf of B, agrees to hold them on
behalf of C, there is a constructive transfer of possession from C to A.
2. Bailment is based on a contract. In bailment, the delivery of
goods is upon a contract that when the purpose is
accomplished, they shall be returned to the bailor. For
example, where a watch is delivered to a watch repairer for
repair, it is agreed that it will be returned, after repair, on thereceipt of the agreed or reasonable charges.
3. Return of goods in specie. The goods are delivered for some
purpose and it is agreed that the specific goods shall be
returned. Return of specific goods (in specie) is an essential
characteristic of bailment. Thus, where an equivalent and not
the same is agreed to be returned, there is no bailment.
4. Ownership of goods. In a bailment, it is only the possession of
goods which is transferred and not the ownership thereof,
therefore the person delivering the possession of goods need
not be the owner; his business is to transfer possession and
not ownership.
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Q3. What do you mean by del credere agent?
Ans:-- A mercantile or commercial agent may assume any of the
following forms: broker, factor, commission agent, del credere agent,auctioneer, banker, Pakka and Katcha Adatias and indentor. A broker
is a mercantile agent engaged to buy and/or sell property or to make
bargains and contracts between the engager and third party for a
commission (called brokerage). A broker has no possession of goods
or property. He is merely a connecting link between the engager and a
third party. The usual method of dealing by a broker is to make entries
of the terms of contract in a book, called the memorandum book and
to sign them. He then sends the particulars of the same to both parties.The document sent to the seller is called the sold note and the one sent
buyer is called the bought note. A factor is a mercantile agent who is
entrusted with the possession of goods with an authority to sell the
same. He can even sell the goods on credit and in his own name. He is
also authorised to raise money on their security. A factor has a general
lien on the goods in his possession. A factor, however, cannot barter
the goods, unless expressly authorised to do. Also, he cannot delegate
his authority.
A commission agent is agent who is employed to buy or sell goods or
transact business. The remuneration that he gets for the purpose is
called the commission. A commission agent is not liable in case the
third party fails to carry out the agreed obligation. A commission agent
may have possession of the goods or not. His lien in case of goods in
his possession is a particular lien. A del credere agent is one who, in
consideration of an extra remuneration, called a del crederecommission, guarantees the performance of the contract by the other
party.
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Q4. What do you mean by Memorandum of
Association? What does it contain?
Ans:-- Memorandum of Association
Meaning and purpose
The Memorandum of Association of a company is its charter which
contains the fundamental conditions upon which alone the company
cans be incorporated. It tells us the objects of the company‟s formation
and the utmost possible scope of its operations beyond which its
actions cannot go. Thus, it defines as well as confines the powers of the
company. If anything is done beyond these powers, that will be ultra vires (beyond powers of) the company and so void. The memorandum
serves a two-fold purpose. It enables shareholders, creditors and all
those who deal with the company to know what its powers are and what
is the range of its activities. Thus, the intending shareholder can find
out the field in, or the purpose for which his money is going to bused
by the company and what risk he is taking in making the investment.
Also, any one dealing with the company, say, a supplier of goods or
money, will know whether the transaction he intends to make with thecompany is within the objects of the company and not ultra virus its
objects.
Form and contents Sec.14
Requires that the memorandum of a company shall be in such one of
the Forms in Tables B, C,D and E in Schedule I to the Act, as may be
applicable in the case of the company, or in Forms as near thereto ascircumstances admit. Sec.15 requires the memorandum to be printed,
divided into paragraphs, numbered consecutively and signed by at least
seven persons (two in the case of a private company) in the presence of
at least one witness, who will attest the signature. Each of the members
must take at least one share and write opposite his name the number of
shares he takes.Sec.13 requires the memorandum of a limited
company to contain:
(i) the name of the company, with „limited‟ as the last word
of the name in the case of a public company and „private
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limited‟ as the last words in the case of a private
company;
(ii) The name of the State, in which the registered officer of
the company is to be situated;
(iii) The objects of the company, stating separately „Mainobjects‟ and „other objects‟;
(iv) The declaration that the liability of the members is
limited; and
(v) The amount of the authorized share capital, divided into
shares of fixed amounts. These contents of the
memorandum are called compulsory clauses and are
explained below:
The name clause.
The promoters are free to choose any suitable name for the company
provided:(a) the last word in the name of the company, if limited by
shares or guarantee is „limited‟ unless the company is registered under
Sec.25 as an „association not for profit‟ [Sec.13(1) (a) & Sec.25].(b) In
the opinion of the Central Government, the name chosen is not
undesirable [Sec.20(1)].
Too similar name.
In case of too similar names, the resemblance between the two names
must be such as to be calculated to deceive. A name shall be said to be
calculated to deceive where it suggests some connection or association
with the existing company.
Publication of name (Sec.147).
Every company shall: (a) paint or affix its name and the address of its
registered office and keep the same painted or affixed, on the outside
of every office or place of business in a conspicuous position in letters
easily legible and in the language in general use in the locality
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Alteration of memorandum
Provides that the company cannot alter the conditions contained in
memorandum except in the cases and in the mode and to the extent
express provision has been made in the Act. These provisions areexplained herein below:
Change of name.
Provides that the name of a company may be changed at any time by
passing a special resolution at a general meeting of the company and
with the written approval of the Central Government. However, no
approval of the Central Government is necessary if the change of thename involves only the addition or deletion of the word „private‟ (i.e.,
when public company is converted into a private company or vice
versa).The change of name must be communicated to the Registrar of
Companies within 30 days of the change. The Registrar shall then enter
the new name on the register in the place of the old name and shall
issue a fresh certificate of incorporation with necessary alterations
[Sec.23 (1)]. The change of name becomes effective on the issue of
fresh certificate of incorporation.
Change of registered office.
The procedure depends on whether the change is within the
jurisdiction of same registrar of companies (Sec.146) or whether the
shifting is to the jurisdiction of another registrar of companies in the
same state (Sec.146 and Sec.17A). This may include :
( a)Change of registered office from one premises to another premises
in the same city, town or village.
The company may do so anytime. Are solution passed by the Board of
directors shall be sufficient. However, notice of the change should,
within 30 days after the date of the change, be given to the Registrar
who shall record the same (Sec.146).
(b)Change of registered office from one town or city or village to
another town or city
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or village in the same State (Sec.146). In this case, the procedure is:(i) a
special resolution is required to be passed at a general meeting of the
shareholders;(ii) a copy of it is to be filed with the Registrar within 30
days.(iii) Within 30 days of the removal of the registered office, notice
of the new location has to be given to the Registrar who shall record thesame.
(c)Shifting of the registered office from one place to another within the
same state (Sec.17A):
The shifting of the registered office by a company from the jurisdiction
of one registrar of companies to the jurisdiction of another registrar of
companies within the same state shall (in addition to requirements
under Sec.146) also require confirmation by the Regional Director. For
this purpose, an application is to be made in the prescribed Form andthe confirmation shall be communicated within four weeks. Such
confirmation is required to be filed within two months with the registrar
of companies who shall register and certify the same within one month.
Such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the compliance of all
requirements under the Act.
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Q5. Name the instruments which are recognized as
negotiable instruments by the Negotiable Instruments
Act, 1881.
Ans:-- An Instrument ‟ as referred to in the Act is a legally recognised
written document, whereby rights are created in favour of one and
obliga tions are created on the part of another. The word negotiable‟
means transferable from one person to another either by mere delivery
or by endorsement and delivery, to enable the transferee to get a title in
the instrument. An instrument may possess the characteristics of
negotiability either by statute or by usage. Promissory note, bill of
exchange and cheque are negotiable instruments by statute as they are
so recognised by Sec.13. There are certain instruments which are
recognised as negotiable instruments by usage. Thus, bank notes, bank
drafts, share warrants, bearer debentures, dividend warrants, scripts and
treasury bills are negotiable by usage. An instrument is called
negotiable‟ if it possesses the following features:
1. Freely transferable. Transferability may be by (a) delivery, or (b)
by endorsement and delivery.
2. Holder‟s title free from defects. The term negotiability ‟ means
that not only is the instrument transferable by endorsement
and/or delivery, but that its holder in due course acquires a good
title notwithstanding any defects in a previous holder‟s title. A
holder in due course is one who receives the instrument for value
and without any notice as to the defect in the title of the
transferor.
3. The holder can sue in his own name. Another feature of a
negotiable instrument is that its holder in due course can sue on
the instrument in his own name.
4. A negotiable instrument can be transferred infinitum, i.e., can betransferred any number of times, till its maturity.
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5. A negotiable instrument is subject to certain presumptions. An
instrument, which does not have these characteristics, is not
negotiable, but is assignable, i.e., the transferee takes it subject toall equities and liabilities of the transferor.
Promissory note
A promissory note is an instrument in writing (not being a bank or a
currency note) containing an unconditional undertaking, signed by the
maker to pay a certain sum of money to, or to the order of, a certain
person or to the bearer of the instrument (Sec.4). The following are
two illustrations of promissory notes.
Where A signs instruments in the following terms:
(i) “I promise to pay B or order Rs 500.”
(ii) “I acknowledge myself to be indebted to B in Rs 1000, to be
paid on demand, for value received.”
But, the following are NOT promissory notes:
(i) “Mr B, I.O.U. (I owe you) Rs 1000.”
(ii) “I am liable to pay you Rs 500”.
(iii) “I promise to pay B Rs 500 and all other sums which shall be
due to him.”
(iv) “I promise to pay B Rs 500, first deducting there out any
money which he may owe me.”
(v) “I promise to pay B Rs 1500 on D‟s death, provided he leaves
me enough to pay that sum.”
(vi) “I promise to pay B Rs 500 seven day s after my marriage with
C.”
(vii) “I promise to pay B Rs 500 and to deliver to him my white
Maruti Car 1 January next.”
(viii) Specimen of a promissory note
(ix) Rs 10,000 New Delhi – 1100 01
(x) Jan. 10, 2006
(xi) On demand [or six months after date] I promise to pay X or
order the sum of rupees ten thousand with interest at 12 per
cent per annum only for value received.
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(xii) To X Sd/-A
(xiii) Address ____________________________ Stamp
(xiv) ____________________________
Parties to a promissory note
1. The maker – the person who makes the note promising to pay the
amount stated therein.
2. The payee – the person to whom the amount of the note is payable.
3. The holder – is either the original payee or any other person in
whose favour the note has been endorsed.
4. The endorser – the person who endorses the note in favour of
another person.5. The endorsee – the person in whose favour the note is negotiated by
indorsement.
Bill of exchange
A bill of exchange‟ is defined by Sec.5 as an instrument in writing,
containing an unconditional order, signed by the maker, directing a
certain person to pay a certain sum of money only to or to the order of,a certain person, or to the bearer of the instrument ‟.
Specimen of a bill of exchange
Rs 10, 000
New Delhi – 110 016
Jan. 13, 2006
Six months after date pay to A or order/bearer the sum of ten thousandrupees only for value received.
To X Sd/-Y
Address _______________________________ Stamp
_______________________________
Here Y is the drawer, A is the payee and X is the drawee. X will
express his willingness to pay accepting ‟ the bill by writing words
somewhat as below across the face of the bill: ACCEPTED
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Sd-X Jan. 16, 2006.
The specimen given above is of a usance bill, payable after a specified
period of time. A bill of exchange may be drawn payable at sight ‟, i.e.,
on demand or payable after certain time after sight ‟ also.
Parties to a bill of exchange
The parties of bill of exchange are:
The drawer: The person to whom the amount of the bill is
payable.
The drawee: The person on whom the bill is drawn. Thus,
drawee is the person responsible for acceptance and payment of
the bill. In certain cases however a stranger may accept the bill onbehalf of the drawee.
The payee: The person to whom amount of the bill is payable. It
may be the drawer himself or any other person.
The holder: It is the original payee but where the bill has been
endorsed, the endorsee. In case of a bearer bill, the bearer or
possessor is the holder.
The endorser: It is the person who endorses a bill.
The endorsee: It is the person to whom the bill is negotiated by
endorsement.
Drawee in case of need.
Acceptor for honour.
Cheques
A cheque is the usual method of withdrawing money from a current account with a banker. Savings bank accounts are also permitted to be
operated by cheques provided certain minimum balance is maintained.
A cheque, in essence, is an order by the customer of the bank directing
his banker to pay on demand, the specified amount, to or to the order
of the person named therein or to the bearer. Sec.6 defines a cheque.
The Amendment Act 2002 has substituted new section for Sec.6. It
provides that a cheque‟ is a bill of exchange drawn on a specified
banker and not expressed to be payable otherwise than on demand and
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it includes the electronic image of a truncated cheque and a cheque in
the electronic from.
A cheque in the electronic form‟ means a cheque which contains the
exact mirror image of a paper cheque, and is generated, written and
signed in a secure system ensuring the minimum safety standards with
the use of digital signature and asymmetric crypto system.
Specimen of a cheque
Every bank has its own printed cheque forms which are supplied to the
account holders at the time of opening the account as well as
subsequently whenever needed. These forms are printed on special
security paper which is sensitive to chemicals and makes any chemical
alterations noticeable. Although, legally, a customer may withdraw hismoney even by writing his directions to the banker on a plain paper but
in practice bankers honour only those orders which are issued on the
printed forms of cheques.
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Requisites of a cheque
The requisites of a cheques are:
1. Written instrument. A cheque must be an instrument in writing.Regarding the writing materials to be used, law does not lay down
any restrictions and therefore cheque may be written either with
(a) pen (b) type writer or may be (c) printed.
2. Unconditional order. A cheque must contain an unconditional
order. It is, however, not necessary that the word order or its
equivalent must be used to make the document a cheque.,
Generally, the order to bank is expressed by the word “pay”. If the word “please” precedes “pay” the document will not be
regarded as invalid merely on this account.
3. On a specified banker only. A cheque must be drawn on a
specified banker. To avoid any mistake, the name and address of
the banker should be specified.
4. A certain sum of money. The order must be only for the
payment of money and that too must be specified. Thus, orders
asking the banker to deliver securities or certain other things
cannot be regarded as cheques. Similarly, an order asking the
banker to pay a specified amount with interest, the rate of interest
not specified, is not a cheque as the sum payable is not certain.
5. Payee to be certain. A cheque to be valid must be payable to a
certain person. Person‟ should not be understood in a limited
sense including only human beings. The term in fact includes
legal persons‟ also. Thus, instruments drawn in favour of a body
corporate, local authorities, clubs, institutions, etc., are valid
instruments being payable to legal persons.
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6. Payable on demand. A cheque to be valid must be payable on
demand and not otherwise. Use of the words on demand‟ or
their equivalent is not necessary. When the drawer asks the
banker to pay and does not specify the time for its payment, the
instrument is payable on demand (Sec.19).
7. Dating of cheques. The drawer of a cheque is expected to date it
before it leaves his hands. A cheque without a date is considered
incomplete and is returned unpaid by the banks. The drawer can
date a cheque with the date earlier or later than the date on which
it is drawn. A cheque bearing an earlier date is antedated and the
one bearing the later date is called post-dated. A post-datedcheque cannot be honoured, except at the personal risk of the
bank ‟s manager, till the date mentioned. A post-dated cheque is
as much negotiable as a cheque for which payment is due, i.e.,
the transferee of a post-dated cheque, like that of the cheque on
which payment is due, acquires a better title than its transferor, if
he is a holder in due course. A cheque that bears a date earlier
than six months is a stale cheque and cannot be claimed for.
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Question 6: Write short note on :
A-Digital Signature
B-Information Technology Act
Ans:-- A-Digital Signature
Authentication of electronic records. Authentication is a process used
to confirm the identity of a person or to prove the integrity of
information. The authentication of message involves determining its
source and verifying that it has not been modified or replaced in transit.Subject to the provisions of section 3 any subscriber may authenticate
an electronic record by affixing his digital signature.
The “hash function” means an algorithm mapping or translation of one
sequence of bits into another, generally smaller set known as “hash
result” such that an electronic record yields the same hash result every
time the algorithm is executed with the same electronic record as its
input making it computationally infeasible
(a) to derive or reconstruct the original electronic record from the hash
result produced by the algorithm;
(b) that two electronic records can produce the same hash result using
the algorithm.
B-Information Technology Act
In May 2000, at the height of the dot-com boom, India enacted the IT
Act and became part of a select group of countries to have put in place
cyber laws. In all these years, despite the growing crime rate in the
cyber world, only less than 25 cases have been registered under the IT
Act 2000 and no final verdict has been passed in any of these cases as
they are now pending with various courts in the country.
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Although the law came into operation on October 17, 2000, it still has
an element of mystery around it. Not only from the perception of the
common man, but also from the perception of lawyers, law enforcing
agencies and even the judiciary.
The prime reason for this is the fact that the IT Act is a set of technical
laws. Another major hurdle is the reluctance on the part of companies
to report the instances of cyber-crimes, as they don't want to get
negative publicity or worse get entangled in legal proceedings. A major
hurdle in cracking down on the perpetrators of cyber-crimes such as
hacking is the fact that most of them are not in India. The IT Act does
give extra-territorial jurisdiction to law enforcement agencies, but such
powers are largely inefficient. This is because India does not havereciprocity and extradition treaties with a large number of countries.
The Indian IT Act also needs to evolve with the rapidly changing
technology environment that breeds new forms of crimes and
criminals. We are now beginning to see new categories and varieties of
cyber-crimes, which have not been addressed in the IT Act. This
includes cyber stalking, cyber nuisance, cyber harassment, cyber
defamation and the like. Though Section 67 of the InformationTechnology Act, 2000 provides for punishment to whoever transmits
or publishes or causes to be published or transmitted, any material
which is obscene in electronic form with imprisonment for a term
which may extend to two years and with fine which may extend to
twenty five thousand rupees on first convection and in the event of
second may extend to five years and also with fine which may extend to
fifty thousand rupees, it does not expressly talk of cyber defamation.
The above provision chiefly aim at curbing the increasing number of child pornography cases and does not encompass other crimes which
could have been expressly brought within its ambit such as cyber
defamation.