Ascent's Chapterwise Solved Papers – Principles of Contract (First Semester) by Dr. Ashok K. Jain

Ascent Publications' Q&A revision series for LL.B. and B.A. LL.B. students, written by Dr. Ashok K. Jain. This volume covers Principles of Contract as taught in the First Semester, and sets out previous years' university examination questions arranged chapter by chapter, each with a model answer written to examination length.

How the book is built

• Chapterwise arrangement — questions sit under the syllabus topic they belong to, so you revise one chapter at a time instead of working through year-wise papers.
• Previous years' university questions with model answers.
• Q&A format throughout — each answer shows what the examiner wants, how much to write, and which sections and leading cases to cite.
• Short notes, problem questions and repeat topics flagged chapter by chapter, which is where a large share of the marks in a Contract paper sits.

Topics covered in Principles of Contract

• Formation of a contract under the Indian Contract Act, 1872 — offer and acceptance, communication, revocation, and the essentials of a valid agreement.
• Consideration and privity of contract, and the exceptions to each.
• Capacity to contract — minors, persons of unsound mind, and Mohori Bibee v. Dharmodas Ghose.
• Free consent — coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation and mistake.
• Void and voidable agreements, agreements against public policy, and agreements in restraint of trade, marriage and legal proceedings.
• Contingent and quasi-contracts.
• Performance and discharge of contracts, and the doctrine of frustration and impossibility under section 56.
• Breach and remedies — damages and the rule in Hadley v. Baxendale, liquidated damages and penalty, quantum meruit, injunction and specific performance.
• Indemnity and guarantee, bailment and pledge, and agency, where the syllabus includes them.

Why students pick this series

• Revision-first. Written for the weeks before the semester examination, not as a first textbook.
• Answers in the examiner's own vocabulary — the structure, phrasing and length a university answer-sheet rewards.
• Problem questions worked through, which is how most Contract papers test the principles.
• Compact and inexpensive, designed to sit beside Dr. Ashok K. Jain's main Contract textbook rather than replace it.

Who should buy this book

• LL.B. (3-year) and B.A. LL.B. / B.B.A. LL.B. (5-year) First Semester students preparing for the Contract paper.
• Students of Delhi University, GGSIPU, CCS, MDU, Lucknow, Rajasthan and other Indian universities following a comparable Contract syllabus.
• Judicial service and APO aspirants revising the Indian Contract Act, 1872.
• Anyone sitting a supplementary or improvement paper who needs examination-ready answers quickly.

About the author

Dr. Ashok K. Jain writes the Ascent Publications series of law guides and examination books, used by LL.B. students and judicial service aspirants across India.