Indian Contracts Act 1872

This comprehensive edition of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 offers a clear, section-wise presentation of the statute together with concise commentary, judicial interpretations, and practical application notes. Starting from fundamentals—offer and acceptance, consideration, and capacity—it moves through crucial doctrines of free consent, undue influence, misrepresentation, mistake, and legality of object. Subsequent chapters focus on performance of contracts, impossibility (frustration), indemnity and guarantee, bailment and pledge, agency, and detailed remedies for breach including specific performance, injunctions and damages. Each provision is annotated with leading Supreme Court and High Court decisions that shape modern contract law, followed by practitioner notes on contract drafting, standard clauses, limitation considerations, and risk allocation. The book includes sample contract clauses, model agreements and checklists for transactional due diligence. Whether used for classroom study, drafting commercial agreements, or preparing for litigation, this edition balances doctrinal depth with actionable tools—making it indispensable for students, advocates, in-house counsels, and business professionals who deal with contractual relationships.