THE INDIAN CONTRACT ACT, 1872

Section 19 – THE INDIAN CONTRACT ACT, 1872

Voidability of agreements without free consent When consent to an agreement is caused bycoercion, 1*** fraud or misrepresentation, the agreement is a contract voidable at the option of the partywhose consent was so caused.A party to a contract whose consent was caused by fraud or misrepresentation, may, if he thinks fit,insist that the contract shall

Section 18 – THE INDIAN CONTRACT ACT, 1872

“Misrepresentation” defined “Misrepresentation” means and includes—(1) the positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it,of that which is not true, though he believes it to be true;(2) any breach of duty which, without an intent to deceive, gains an advantage to the personcommitting it, or any one claiming

Section 15 – THE INDIAN CONTRACT ACT, 1872

“Coercion” defined “Coercion” is the committing, or threatening to commit, any act forbiddenby the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) or the unlawful detaining, or threatening to detain, any property, tothe prejudice of any person whatever, with the intention of causing any person to enter into an agreement.Explanation.—It is immaterial whether the Indian Penal Code