Contract law
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The Agent Nobody Defined: AI Chatbots and the Limits of Indian Contract Law
Prem Kumar Vishwakarma is a 3rd-year law student at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, with an interest in technology law and contract law. Their writing looks at how… Read more.
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Supreme Court reasserts the validity of in-service bonds in employment contracts
In a recent judgment delivered on 14th May 2025, the Supreme Court, after considering the validity of indemnity bonds providing compensation for breach of a minimum service clause in employment… Read more.
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Non-waiver Clauses: Effective in case of Silence?
INTRODUCTION In the law of contracts, ‘waiver’ is a term used to define the forbearance of right where one party voluntarily agrees to grant a concession to the other contracting… Read more.
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Consent in Online Contractual Transactions: Issues and Challenges
Online contracts are not specifically mentioned in the Indian Contracts Act, 1872 (hereinafter the Act). However, since the Act does not exclude online mode of communication of proposal, acceptance and… Read more.
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Has the Concept of Goods been widened through Judicial Interpretations?
Introduction The most widely accepted definition of ‘goods’ is found in Section 2(7) of the Sale of Goods Act 1930.[1] It defines goods as every kind of movable property (defined… Read more.
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The Contract of Bailment – Case Analysis
Introduction The concept of ‘bailment’ is dealt with in chapter IX of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. ‘Bailment’ is a technical common-law term that encompasses change or transfer of possession… Read more.
