UPSC Mains Law Paper Topic : Consequences of
breach of contract
- The plaintiff booked a hotel for his son’s wedding reception in which two hundred guests were invited . The contract included provision for a dinner in a big hall by the hotel management who would also provide a band to play music. The hotel management cancelled the contract just a day before the wedding. As a result the plaintiff was forced to organise only a simple 75 (Main) Law—Topic Wise Paper function at a small place with a simple dinner. The plaintiff uses the hotel management and claims general damages for inconvenience and mental torture and special damages for cancellation of the band music and telephone expenses to inform the guests about the change of venue. Decide. (95/II/6b/30)
- With the help of decided cases discuss in detail the market rate theory of assessment of damages in cases of breach of contract. (95/II/6a/30)
- A government building contract is allotted through tenders. It falls to the share of a Karnataka based contractor who transports his mobile workshop from there to the work site at Jammu. He had done only a part of the work when the government unjustifiably repudiates the contract. The contractor uses for the loss of profits. Decide. (97/II/7b/30)
- The doctrine of frustration is really an aspect of or part of law of discharge of contract by reason of supervening impossibility or illegality of the act agreed to be done .” Elucidate with suitable illustrations. (99/II/7a/30)
- Discuss the scope of Section 70 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Can a State recover cost of training on failure of the defendant to join the service? (04/II/8a/30)
- On breach of contract only such loss can be recovered as was in the contemplation of both the parties at the time of entering into the contract. Discuss. (10/II/5a/15)
- The principle of passing of in an action has been extended to the use of false trade description’ explain the conditions for a successful passing of action and the defences available to the opposite party. (10/II/8b/30)
