Indian Contract Act, 1872 · Chapter II: Of Contracts, Voidable Contracts and Void Agreements
Section 11: Who are competent to contract
Every person is competent to contract who is of the age of majority according to the law to which he is subject1, and who is of sound mind and is not disqualified from contracting by any law to which he is subject.
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 11
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Neelam Gupta & Ors. v. Rajendra Kumar Gupta & Anr.
Issue arose as to whether the impugned judgment is to be sustained in view of the indisputable or undisputed facts; whether the suit schedule property is the Joint Hindu Family property; whether the finding of the High…
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Kaushik Premkumar Mishra & Anr. v. Kanji Ravaria @ Kanji & Anr.
Whether the sale deed dated 02.12.1985 was executed by Respondent No. 2; whether the sale consideration was paid with respect to sale deed dated 02.12.1985; whether the sale deed dated 02.12.1985 was presented for…
- M/s N. N. GLOBAL MERCANTILE PRIVATE LIMITED v. M/s
- Deccan Paper Mills Co. Ltd. v. Regency Mahavir Properties & Ors.
- Gopal Prasad v. Bihar School Examination Board and Others
- Nilesh Laxmichand and Another v. Shantaben Purushottam Kakad (Since Deceased) by Lrs
- Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India & Ors.
- Independent Thought v. Union of India & Anr.
- Shayara Bano v. Union of India and Others
- Mathai Mathai v. Joseph Mary @ Marykkutiy Joseph & Ors.
- Mahesh Ratilal Shah v. Union of India and Ors.
- Ritesh Agarwal and Anr. v. Securities and Exchange Board of India Act and Ors.
- Zoroastrian Co-Operative Housing Society Ltd. and Anr. v. District Registrar Co-Operative Societies (Urban) and Ors.
- Sona Bala Bora and Ors. v. Jyotirindra Bhatacharjee
- K. Balakrishnan v. K. Kamalam and Ors.