https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192504 Section 56 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 is the statutory source for discharge of contracts by supervening impossibility or illegality, and frustration is included within that provision; English law is only persuasive where the Act does not cover the field. The doctrine applies to contracts for sale of land in India because such contracts do not themselves create an interest in property under Section 54 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. On the facts, temporary requisition orders did not frustrate the contract, since the delay was within the parties' contemplation, no fixed completion time was stipulated, and performance was not rendered impossible in the practical statutory sense. en-us Mon, 16 Nov 1953 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 03 Jun 2017 14:12:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192504 Section 56 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 is the statutory source for discharge of contracts by supervening impossibility or illegality, and frustration is included within that provision; English law is only persuasive where the Act does not cover the field. The doctrine applies to contracts for sale of land in India because such contracts do not themselves create an interest in property under Section 54 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. On the facts, temporary requisition orders did not frustrate the contract, since the delay was within the parties' contemplation, no fixed completion time was stipulated, and performance was not rendered impossible in the practical statutory sense. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 16 Nov 1953 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192504