MBAL-105: Legal Aspects in Business – Unit 8

MBAL-105: Legal Aspects in Business – Unit 8

Objectives: explain as to what amounts to a breach of contract; list the remedies in case of breach of contract; define quasi contracts and describe varioud types of quasi contracts.

Materials:
The relevant material is available here.

Questions:

  1. What do you understand by anticipatory breach of contract? State the legal positions of the parties in such a case.
  2. What are the rules under the Indian Contract Act for estimating the loss or damage arising from a breach of contract?
  3. What is ‘Breach of Contract’? What remedies are available to aggrieved party on the breach of a contract?
  4. “Compensation is not to be given for remote or indirect loss or damage sustained by the reason of the breach of contract”. Discuss.
  5. Write a short note on ‘Quantum Meruit’.