Indian Contract Act and the Postal Rule

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Indian Contract Act is arguably the place where all the reforms of English Contract Law took place. Indian Contract Act is arguably the place where all the reforms of English Contract Law took place. Law of Contracts Jindal Global Law School 20120333 11/5/2012 Law of Contracts Jindal Global Law School 20120333 11/5/2012 Mahima Pandey Assisted by Prof. Indranath Gupta Mahima Pandey Assisted by Prof. Indranath Gupta Content Introduction………………………………………………………2 What is contract law?....................................................................3 1.1 General explanation to Contract and agreements 1.2 Evolution of Contract Law 1.1.1 England and the codes for contract law 1.1.2 India and ‘The Indian Contract Act’ Communication of Acceptance…………………………………9 Postal Rule………………………………………………………10 1.1 Postal Rule In England 1.2.1 History and Evolution 1.2.2 General Explanation 1.2 Postal rule In India 1.1.1 History and evolution 1.1.2 General Explanation 1.3 Comparison this rule in both countries 1.1.1 How is postal rule in England different from India? 1.1.2 Why are these changes not in India? 1.1.3 Did these reforms happen in India? Conclusion………………………………………………………15 Bibliography…………………………………………………….16 Introduction The main aim I have in producing this paper is to discuss the comparative analysis of Indian Contract Act and English Contract Law. Secondly, I would like to highlight that the Indian Contract Act is a codification of the reformed and modified laws of English Contract Law, that is, I believe, both consistent with surviving textual data and plausible with regard to human behaviour. There were introductions of ‘Contracts’ in India by Britishers’ when it was just a country with religious and other traditional

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