DNYANSAGAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH

MBA-I/SEM-I/ASSIGNMENT (2016-17)
103 Legal Aspects Of Business

Last date of Submission 28/10/2016

Assgnment Criteria:
1. Timely Submission
2. In case of presentation - confidence, subject knowledge, convincing will be the parameters.
3. In case of solving legal cases - The criteria will be -justify the cases with the use of concerned
references and sections.

Assignment No. 1
Descriptive questions:
1. Define the performance of contract. Explain the various ways of discharge of contract.
2. Define the contract of guarantee. Explain the different rights and liabilities of surety.

Assignment No.2.
Group 1.

1. X threatened to shoot Y's son if Y did not sign a promissiory note For Rs.20.000 in favour of
X.Is the contract valid?
2. X hired Y to kidnap Z's son in order to make him to enter into contract.s the contract valid?
3. X beats Y to compell him into a contract for Rs.50.000.s the contract valid?
4. Husband threatened to suicide unless wife gave property to his brother.Decide.
5. Husband got his illiterate wife to sign papers saying that he was mortgaging her two lands but
actually he mortgaged four.
Group 2.

6. A car dealer put a notice on a car that the mileage is incorrect even though he knew that the
reading was grossly incorrect.
7. A promises to paint a picture for B.B afterwards forbids him to do so. A is no longer bound to
perform the promise.

8.X sold to Y a specific parcel of wheat in a godown. Before delivery could be made, the
godown was sealed by the Government and the entire quantity was requisitioned by the
Government under Statutory Power. .Justify.
9.A, who is governed by Muslim law and who already had a wife promises to marry B.
Subsequent to this promise and before it is carried out, Special Marriage Act prohibiting
polygamy is passed. The contract to marry becomes void.Justify

10.A contracts to act at a theatre for six months in consideratin of a sum paid in advance by B.
On several occasions A is too ill to act.Justify.
Group 3.
11.A music hall was let for a series of concerts on certain days. The hall was burnt down before
the date of the first concert.
12 A person contracted to deliver a part of a specific crop of potatoes. The potatoes were
destroyed through no fault of the party

13.T said in conversation to W that he would give Rs. 1000 to anyone, who married his daughter
with his consent. W married Ts daughter with his consent. Therefater, T refused to pay Rs.
1000/- We filed a case against T for the alleged promise.

14.A father wrote to his would be son-in-law that his daughter would have a share in all the
assets that he would leave.The son in law filed a case against father in law.
15.A shopkeeper displays goods for sale in a shop with price tags attached to each article.This
act is what in law.
Group 4
16.A says to B I will sell you my car:. A owns four different cars.
Is offer valid.

17.Gs nephew has absconded. He sent his munim L in search of the missing boy. In his absence,
G issued hand bills oferring a reward of Rs, 501/- to anyone who might find out the boy L found
out the boy before seeing the hand bills. Later on, he came to know of the reward and sued G for
the reward. could he claim the reward ?

18.A invites tenders for the supply of 100 tons of local X, Y and Z submit the tenders. A accepts
Ys tender. Is there binding contract between A and Y.?

19.A railway company invited tenders for the supply of certain iron articles over a period of 12
months. Ws tender was accepted. After supplying for sometime, W refused to execute on order
placed during the currency of the tender. Could W refuse the terms of the tender ?
20.A, by a letter offers to sell his car to B for Rs. 10,000 B, by a letter which crosses As letter in
the post, offers to buy it for Rs. 10,000.are offers acceptable and is agreement valid?

Group 5.
21.A offers to sell his house for a sum of Rs. 20,000 B sends his acceptance to purchase it for a
sum of Rs. 19,000.
Is acceptance valid?

22.The manager of a railway company received a draft agreement. The manager wrote the word
approved and put the draft in the drawer of his table. By some oversight the document
remained in the drawer and was never communicated.It makes a contract?

23.F offered by letter to buy his nephews horse for 30 adding, If I hear no more about it, I
shall consider the horse as mine for 30. Nephew did not give any reply, but he told an
auctioneer who was selling his horses not to sell that particular horse becaue it was sold to his
uncle. By mistake auctioneer sold the horse. Can F claim from auctionner.?

24: A agreed to purchase 200 tons of wheat from B out of a large stock.A sent his men with
sacks and 150 tons of wheat were put into the sacks.Then there was sudden fire and the entire
stock was gutted.Who bear the loss and why?

25.A goes to a shop and select certain hats .He arranges with the shopkeeper the supply of the
hats to him next morning by a servant of the shop and a months credit for the payment.The hats
destroyed in a fire on the same night.Who should bear the loss?
Group 6.
26.S sells a horse which is delivered to be to B the next week .B is to pay the price on delivery.B
asks his servant to keep the horse separate from the other horses.The horse dies before it is
delivered and paid for.

27.A delivers a gold necklace to B on sale or return basis.It is agreed between A and B that
property is not to pass to B till he has paid the price of the necklace.Without paying the price ,B
sells the necklace to C..Does C get a good title to the necklace.

28. A purchase a car from B and uses it for some time .It turns out that the car sold out by B was
a stolen one and had to be returned to the rightful owner.A brings action against B for the return
of the price.Will he succeed.?

29. A, a farmer simply exhibits oats ( heart healthy breakfast foods) in his farm.B buys the oats
in the belief taht they are old oats.In fat they are new oats.B wants to return the oats and refuse to
pay the price.Decide.

30.A purchase some chocolate from a shop.One of the Chocolate contains a poisonous matter
and as a result A's wife who has eaten it falls seriously ill.What remedy is available to A against
the shopkeeper?
Assignment No- 3.
Legal cases -Justify -Written Assignment
31. A purchaswed a hotwater bottle from a retail chemiost.The bottle could stand hot water but
not boiling water.When it was filled by A with with boiling water ,it bursts and injured his
wife.A sue for damages.Decide.

32.A lady buys a synthetic pearl for a high price thinking that they are natural pearls.The seller
does not correct her mistake.Has she any remedies against the seller.?
Would your decision be different if the lady had told the seller I think they are natural pearls
and therefore,agrees to buy at your price. and the seller was silent.?

33.A whlesale dealer in soaps agrees to sell and to deliver two cases of Luxury toilet sap to a
sub dealer but delivers that quantity of Luxury washing soap.What are the rights of sub
dealer.?

34.A lady who knew that she was allergic to a particular hair dye .She developed particular
dermatitis.She did not disclose her allergy to hair dresser.Is hair dresser liable for breach of
implied condition?

35.A contracts with B to buy 50 easy chairs of certain quality .B delivers 25 chairs of the type
agreed upon and 25 chairs of some other type.What are the rights of A?

36.There is contract for sale of 25 quintals of ghee by A to B.A supplied only 20 and the
residue.Started demanding the payment of the price and refuses to supply the rest.Decide.

37.A contracts with B to purchase 30 tons of apple juice.B crushes the apple juice ,put the juice
in the casks and keeps it ready for delivery.A delays to take the delivery and the juice goes putrid
and has to be thrown away.Is A liable to pay the price.?

38.A contacted to sell 1000kg.Rice to B .But before the deliver it came to know that B has
become insolvent.Advise A.Why.

39.A contracted B to supply 100 bales of cotton.He dlivered the goods but it came to know that
B has become insolvent.Advise A.Why.

40.X,a physician practising in New delhi took Y as his assistant for three years during which Y
agreed not to practise of his own in new delhi .At the end of the year from the date of agreement
X,Y began his own independent practice while still in his service.Has X any legal remedy
against Y?

41 .A's wife paid B rs.500 to C to be given as a bribe to a jailor for procuring relase for her
husband from jail.The jailor failed to procure the relase.Can B recover the amount?

42. A borrowed Rs.10000 from B starting a gambling house.Afterwards he refused to return the
money.What is the remedy available to B?

43.A advances Rs2000 to B,a married woman ,to enable her to obtain a divorce from her
husband .B agrees to marry A as soon as she obtained the divorce.B obtains the divorce but
refuses to marry A.Can A recover the amount?

44.A borrows Rs 5000 from B to purchase certain smuggled goods from C.Can B recover the
amount from A if he a) Knows A's purpose b) does not know the purpose.

45.A paid certain amount of Rs10000 to B to make her daughter for concubinnage with A.If B
failed,can A recover the amount?
46.A,B and C jointly promise to pay to D.Rs.3000.A and B are untraceable .Can D compel to C
to pay him full?

47.A enters into a contract with B for singing at his theatre for three nights for a fee of rs.1000
for every night.She signs for two nights and is taken ill.
Can B ask for damages for loss of profit from A.?