Chapter 9

Quasi Contracts
āĻ…ā§°্āϧ āϚুāĻ•্āϤি

Questions
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS āĻāĻ•াāϧিāĻ• āĻĒāĻ›āύ্āĻĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ 1. Quasi contract is based on which principle? (a) Theory of unjust Enrichment (b) Theory of Just Enrichment

(c) Theory of Just Unenrichment (d) Theory of Unjust Unenrichment

(āĻ•) āĻ…āύ্āϝাāϝ় āϏāĻŽৃāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦ (āĻ–) āύ্āϝাāϝ্āϝ āϏāĻŽৃāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦ (āĻ—) āύ্āϝাāϝ্āϝ āĻ…āϏāĻŽৃāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦ (āϘ) āĻ…āύ্āϝাāϝ় āĻ…āϏāĻŽৃāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦ

Ans: (a) Theory of unjust Enrichment

2. Quasi contracts are :

⧍/ āĻ…ā§°্āϧ āϚুāĻ•্āϤিāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻš’āϞ :

(a) Enforceable (b) Unenforceable

(c) Enforceable by the law (d) Unenforceable by the law

(āĻ•) āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§ŽāϝোāĻ—্āϝ (āĻ–) āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§Ž āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°া

(āĻ—) āφāχāύ⧰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§Ž āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া (āϘ) āφāχāύ⧰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§Ž āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°া

Ans: (c) Enforceable by the law 

āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (āĻ—) āφāχāύ⧰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§ŽāϝোāĻ—্āϝ


3. Who is an incapable person?

ā§Š/ āĻ…āĻ•্āώāĻŽ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āĻ•োāύ? (a) Minor (b) Person of unsound mind

(c) Person disqualified by any la (d) All of the above

(āĻ•) āύাāĻŦাāϞāĻ• (āĻ–) āĻ…āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āĻŽāύ⧰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি (āĻ—) āϝিāĻ•োāύো āϞা āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻ…āϝোāĻ—্āϝ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি (āϘ) āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻŦোā§°

Ans: (d) All of the above āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (āϘ) āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻŦোā§°

4. When can a finder of lost goods sell such goods? ā§Ē/ āĻšেā§°াāχ āϝোā§ąা āϏাāĻŽāĻ—্ā§°ী āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞিāĻ“ā§ąা āĻāϜāύে āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়া āĻāύে āϏাāĻŽāĻ—্ā§°ী āĻŦিāĻ•্ā§°ী āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে? (a) When goods are perishable (b) When owner could not be found (c) When owner refuses to pay lawful charges (d) All of the above

(āĻ•) āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϏাāĻŽāĻ—্ā§°ী āύāώ্āϟ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে (āĻ–) āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻŽাāϞিāĻ•āĻ• āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒোā§ąা āύāĻ—’āϞ (āĻ—) āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻŽাāϞিāĻ•ে āĻŦৈāϧ āϚাā§°্āϜ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•াā§° āϕ⧰ে (āϘ) āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻŦোā§°

Ans: (d) All of the above 

āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (āϘ) āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻŦোā§°


FILL IN THE BLANKS 

āĻ–াāϞী āĻ াāχāĻŦোā§° āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻ• 1. Finder of lost goods is like a ............ of goods. (bailor/bailee) 

ā§§/ āĻšেā§°ুā§ąা āϏাāĻŽāĻ—্ā§°ীā§° āϏāύ্āϧাāύāĻ•াā§°ী āϏাāĻŽāĻ—্ā§°ীā§° ............ā§° āĻĻā§°ে। (āĻŦেāχāϞ⧰/āĻŦেāχāϞী)

Ans: (1) bailee 

āωāϤ্āϤ⧰: (ā§§) āĻŦেāχāϞী


2. Quantum Meruit means, "as much as......... [earned/agreed]  

⧍/ āĻ•োā§ąাāĻŖ্āϟাāĻŽ āĻŽেā§°ুāχāϟ āĻŽাāύে, "āϝিāĻŽাāύ......... [āĻ…ā§°্āϜāύ āϕ⧰া/āϏāύ্āĻŽāϤ āĻšৈāĻ›ে]।"

Ans: (2) earned 

āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (⧍) āωāĻĒাā§°্āϜāύ āϕ⧰া


3. Remedy of Quantum Meruit is .............. [obligatory/restitutory] 

ā§Š/ āĻ•োā§ąাāĻŖ্āϟাāĻŽ āĻŽেā§°ুāχāϟ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ•াā§° āĻš’āϞ .............. [āĻŦাāϧ্āϝāϤাāĻŽূāϞāĻ•/āĻĒুāύ⧰ুāĻĻ্āϧাā§°āĻ•াā§°ী]।

Ans: (3) Restitutory 

āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (ā§Š) āĻĒুāύ⧰ুāĻĻ্āϧাā§°āĻ•াā§°ী


SHORT QUESTIONS āϚুāϟি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ 1. What is the remedy for quasi contracts? ā§§/ āĻ…ā§°্āϧ āϚুāĻ•্āϤিā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ•াā§° āĻ•ি?

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2. Who is a finder of lost goods? ⧍/ āĻšেā§°ুā§ąা āϏাāĻŽāĻ—্ā§°ীā§° āϏāύ্āϧাāύāĻ•াā§°ী āĻ•োāύ?

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3. What is a quasi contract? ā§Š/ āĻ…ā§°্āϧ āϚুāĻ•্āϤি āĻ•ি?

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4. When does a claim for quantum meruit arise?

ā§Ē/ āĻ•োā§ąাāĻŖ্āϟাāĻŽ āĻŽেā§°ুāϟ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়া āĻĻাāĻŦী āωāϤ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻšāϝ় ?

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LONG QUESTIONS āĻĻীāϘāϞীāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ

1. "A quasi-contracts is not a contract at all. It is an obligation which the law creates". Amplify and state the quasi-contracts recognised under the Indian Contract Act.

ā§§/ "āĻāϟা āĻ…ā§°্āϧ-āϚুāĻ•্āϤি āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাā§°েāχ āϚুāĻ•্āϤি āύāĻšāϝ়। āχ āĻāϟা āĻŦাāϧ্āϝāĻŦাāϧāĻ•āϤা āϝিāϟো āφāχāύে āϏৃāώ্āϟি āϕ⧰ে"। āĻ­াā§°āϤীāϝ় āϚুāĻ•্āϤি āφāχāύ⧰ āĻ…āϧীāύāϤ āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•ৃāϤিāĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϤ āĻ…ā§°্āϧ-āϚুāĻ•্āϤিāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি āϕ⧰া āφ⧰ু āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া।

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2. "In quasi contracts the promise to pay is always an implication of law and not fact". Explain giving illustrations.

⧍) "āĻ…ā§°্āϧ āϚুāĻ•্āϤিāϤ āϧāύ āĻĒā§°িāĻļোāϧ āϕ⧰াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻļ্ā§°ুāϤি āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āφāχāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ą āφ⧰ু āϤāĻĨ্āϝ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ą āύāĻšāϝ়"। āϚিāϤ্ā§°āĻŖ āĻĻিāϝ়াā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦুāϜাāχ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•।

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3. Comment on the following: A minor is liable to pay for the necessaries of life supplied to him.

ā§Š/ āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻ•āĻĨাāĻ–িāύিā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āϕ⧰āĻ•: āύাāĻŦাāϞāĻ• āĻāϜāύে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āϝোāĻ—াāύ āϧ⧰া āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ় āϏাāĻŽāĻ—্ā§°ীā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϧāύ āĻĒā§°িāĻļোāϧ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ।

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4. "Under the Indian Contract Act, there are certain relations resembling those created by a contract." Explain.

ā§Ē/ "āĻ­াā§°āϤীāϝ় āϚুāĻ•্āϤি āφāχāύ āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰ি āϚুāĻ•্āϤিā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āϏৃāώ্āϟি āĻšোā§ąা āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āϕ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻŽিāϞ āĻĨāĻ•া āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ• āφāĻ›ে।" āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ–্āϝা āϕ⧰া.

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5. Explain the term 'Quasi Contracts' and state their characteristics. Illustrate your answer by giving examples.

ā§Ģ) ‘āĻ…ā§°্āϧ āϚুāĻ•্āϤি’ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟো āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ–্āϝা āϕ⧰ি āχāϝ়াā§° āĻŦৈāĻļিāώ্āϟ্āϝāϏāĻŽূāĻš āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া। āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻি āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰⧰ āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•।

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6. "In certain cases the law imposes an obligation and allows an action to be brought on it as if it arose out of a contract though none was present in fact". Give instances when an obligation is imposed under the Contract Act.

ā§Ŧ) "āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ āφāχāύে āĻŦাāϧ্āϝāĻŦাāϧāĻ•āϤা āφ⧰োāĻĒ āϕ⧰ে āφ⧰ু āχāϝ়াā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻ—োāϚ⧰ āϤ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ…āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϝেāύ āχ āĻ•োāύো āϚুāĻ•্āϤিā§° āĻĒā§°া āωāĻĻ্āĻ­ā§ą āĻšৈāĻ›ে āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤāϤে āĻ•োāύোāϟোā§ąেāχ āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āύাāĻ›িāϞ"। āϚুāĻ•্āϤি āφāχāύ⧰ āĻ…āϧীāύāϤ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻ•োāύো āĻŦাāϧ্āϝāĻŦাāϧāĻ•āϤা āφ⧰োāĻĒ āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ় āϤাā§° āĻĻৃāώ্āϟাāύ্āϤ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•।

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7. What are quasi-contracts? Explain briefly the quasi-contracts provided for by the Indian Contract Act.

ā§­/ āĻ…ā§°্āϧ-āϚুāĻ•্āϤি āĻ•ি āĻ•ি? āĻ­াā§°āϤীāϝ় āϚুāĻ•্āϤি āφāχāύ⧰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āϕ⧰া āĻ…ā§°্āϧ-āϚুāĻ•্āϤিāϏāĻŽূāĻš āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ–্āϝা āϕ⧰া।

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8. Does the law of contract impose any obligation on the person enjoying the benefit of a non-gratuitous act of another person.

ā§Ž) āφāύ āĻāϜāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিā§° āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ­াā§ąিāĻ• āĻ•াā§°্āϝ্āϝ⧰ āϏুāĻŦিāϧা āĻ­োāĻ— āϕ⧰া āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāϜāύ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āϚুāĻ•্āϤিā§° āφāχāύ āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰ি āĻ•োāύো āĻŦাāϧ্āϝāĻŦাāϧāĻ•āϤা āφ⧰োāĻĒ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›েāύে?

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