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The questions below are the paper as the University of Mumbai set it at the 2021-22 examination, in the order it was set.
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The Paper as Set
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SECTION I
Multiple choice questions
20 questions
1.Change of the nature of the obligation in a Contract is known as: (a) Rescission (b) Novation (c) Frustration (d) Revocation
Answer
The answer is (b) Novation.
Section 62 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872: "If the parties to a contract agree to substitute a new contract for it, or to rescind or alter it, the original contract need not be performed." Novation is the substitution of a new contract for an existing one, either between the same parties or with a new party, and it is precisely a change in the nature of the obligation.
Why the others are wrong:
- (a) Rescission is the cancellation of a contract, putting nothing in its place. The obligation is destroyed, not changed.
- (c) Frustration, under Section 56, is the discharge of a contract by supervening impossibility. Again the obligation ends; it does not change.
- (d) Revocation, under Sections 5 and 6, is the withdrawal of a proposal or an acceptance before it becomes binding. It operates before a contract exists, so there is no obligation to change.
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