Paper I

Law of Contract – I

Formation, capacity, free consent, discharge, quasi-contract, remedies and the Specific Relief Act.

Study aid only. Confirm statute numbers with the current bare Act and the official OU LL.B. (3-YDC) 2024–25 syllabus PDF.

Unit I: Formation of contract: offer, acceptance, consideration and privity

Essentials of a valid contract, offer and acceptance 3 cases Consideration, privity and standard-form contracts 3 cases

Unit II: Capacity, free consent, lawful object and void agreements

Capacity of parties and minor's agreement 2 cases Free consent: coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation and mistake 2 cases Lawful object, wagering, contingent, void and voidable contracts 2 cases

Unit III: Discharge of contracts

Discharge by performance, novation, remission and accord 2 cases Frustration, breach and anticipatory breach 2 cases

Unit IV: Quasi-contract and remedies for breach

Quasi-contracts and quantum meruit 2 cases Damages, penalty and duty to mitigate 2 cases

Unit V: Specific Relief Act and related developments

Recovering possession, specific performance and injunctions 2 cases Rectification, rescission, cancellation and declaratory decrees 2 cases