Contract Act

Hi,

According to the Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 2(h), A contract is an agreement enforceable by law.

As A and B entered into a contract as there was an agreement between the two, both were liable to discharge their contractual obligations i.e., A had to provide B with the ship and B had to pay the amount of the ship as consideration. As A refused to discharge his part of the contract he has committed breach of contract. Section 73 of the Indian Contract Act talks about compensation for loss or damage caused by breach of contract. When a contract has been broken, the party who suffers by such breach is entitled to receive, from the party who has broken the contract, compensation for any loss or damage caused to him thereby, which naturally arose in the usual course of things from such breach, or which the parties knew, when they made the contract, to be likely to result from the breach of it.

The court will also look into the following:

Causation: Whether the loss is even a consequence of the breach? The rule tests whether the loss is directly and proximately caused by the breach. (Murlidhar Chiranjilal vs Dwarkadas)

Remoteness: Asks the question: Even though the loss is a consequence of the breach is there a reason to not hold the defendant liable? (Hadley vs Baxendale)

I hope this solves your query.

Regards,

Archit.

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