Indian Contract Act — Section 31
“Contingent contract” defined.—A “contingent contract is a contract to do or not to do
31. “Contingent contract” defined.—A “contingent contract is a contract to do or not to do
something, if some event, collateral to such contract, does or does not happen.
A contracts to pay B Rs. 10,000 if B’s house is burnt. This is a contingent contract.
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Judgments citing Section 31
- Judgment · High Court · 2026
- Aditya Birla Housing Finance Limited v. Axis Bank Limited & Ors.
- M/s.Oil & Natural Gas CorporationLtd. v. M/s.Idealis Mudchemie PrivateLimited
- R.Ramiah v. S.Raja Mohamed
- Chhattisgarh High Court · 2025
- CHANDRABHUSHAN RAMNAND SINH & ANR. v. NILABEN BHOGILAL B PATEL &HASMUKHLAL M SHAH & ORS.
- Jasbir Singh (deceased) through LRs v. Mohinder Singh (deceased) through LRs
- FINORCHEM LIMITED v. PULINAT ETTAN THOMAS
- SRI G. HULIYAPPA v. MR. R. GANGADHAR
- Smt. Satya Singh v. Authorized Officer Cum Asst. General Manager 2nd Floor, Patna & Ors.
- Smt. Satya Singh v. Authorized Officer Cum Asst. General Manager 2nd Floor, Patna & Ors.
- Smt. Satya Singh v. Authorized Officer Cum Asst. General Manager 2nd Floor, Patna & Ors.
- Vijay Prerna Goel v. Punjab and Haryana High Court Prerna Goel Varun Girdhar Vs. State & Ors.
- KHANINDRA NATH KEOT v. SUJEET KUMAR CHOUDHURY
- Balaji Enterprises v. West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.
- VAIBHAV GIJPTA & Anr. v. VETSUS
- Company Application No. 524 of 2008 · High Court · 2012
- Lahu Shankar Patil v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
- Mrs. Shaila Ulhas Kandalgaonkar v. Hemlata Gangadhar Khedekar & Ors.
- Parmanand T. Manwani v. Madan Devkishandas Bhatia & Ors.
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