THE INDIAN CONTRACT ACT, 1872

• Which agreements are contracts Sec. 10
• Person competent to contract Sec. 11
• Agreements in restraint of legal proceedings, void Sec. 28
• Time as the essence of contract Secs. 46 to 50
• Compensation for breach of contract where penalty stipulated Sec. 74
• Contract of indemnity Sec. 124
• Contract of guarantee, ‘Surety’, ‘Principal’, ‘debtor’and ‘creditor’ Sec. 126
• Bailment Sec. 148
• Pledge Sec. 172
• Appointment and authority of agents Secs. 182 to 189
• Rights of person, for acts done for him without his authority and effect of ratification thereof Sec. 196