Indian Contract Act — Section 49
Place for performance of promise, where no application to be made and no place fixed for
49. Place for performance of promise, where no application to be made and no place fixed for performance.—When a promise is to be performed without application by the promisee, and no place is fixed for the performance of it, it is the duty of the promisor to apply to the promisee to appoint a reasonable place for the performance of the promise, and to perform it at such place.
Illustration
A undertakes to deliver a thousand maunds of jute to B on a fixed day. A must apply to B to appoint a reasonable place for
the purpose of receiving it, and must deliver it to him at such place.
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Judgments citing Section 49
- Sunita Shandil v. DAV College Committee & Ors.
- Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a Company incorporated under the Companies Act v. M/s. AT-Libra BPL (JV)
- BHARAT CO-OP BANK LTD THROUGH GENERAL MANAGER v. UNION OF INDIA & Ors.
- Kanwar Jeotindra Singh v. Nopany Charitable Trust & Anr.
- KRISHNA BEHARI v. AIR INDIA LTD
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