Landmark case · Law of Contract – I · Semester 1
Kapur Chand Godha v. Mir Nawab Himayatalikhan
AIR 1963 SC 250 · Supreme Court of India
Acceptance of a lesser sum in full satisfaction can discharge the debt when intended as accord and satisfaction.
From topic
Discharge by performance, novation, remission and accord — Unit III, Law of Contract – I.
Related sections:
- Indian Contract Act, 1872, 37–38 — Obligation of parties and offer to perform
- Indian Contract Act, 1872, 59–61 — Appropriation of payments
- Indian Contract Act, 1872, 62–63 — Novation, rescission, alteration; promisee may dispense with performance