Unit IV · Law of Contract – I

Quasi-contracts and quantum meruit

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

Statute sections

Act / instrument	Section	Name
Indian Contract Act, 1872	68–72	Certain relations resembling those created by contract

AIR 1962 SC 779 · Supreme Court of India

Section 70 can compensate a person who lawfully does something for another that is not intended to be gratuitous.

[1943] AC 32 · House of Lords

Money paid for a consideration that wholly fails is recoverable.