Section 68 – THE INDIAN CONTRACT ACT, 1872

Claim for necessaries supplied to person incapable of contracting, or on his account

If a person, incapable of entering into a contract, or any one whom he is legally bound to support, is supplied
by another person with necessaries suited to his condition in life, the person who has furnished such
supplies is entitled to be reimbursed from the property of such incapable person.2
Illustrations
(a) A supplies B, a lunatic, with necessaries suitable to his condition in life. A is entitled to be reimbursed from B‟s
property.
(b) A supplies the wife and children of B, a lunatic, with necessaries suitable to their condition in life. A is entitled to be
reimbursed from B‟s property.

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