Indian Contract Act Section 206 — Notice of revocation or renunciation

Summary

A reasonable notice must be given when revoking an agency or renouncing it, otherwise the party who fails to give such notice must compensate the other party for any damage caused by that failure.

Official Text

Reasonable notice must be given of such revocation or renunciation, otherwise the damage thereby resulting to the principal or the agent, as the case may be, must be made good to the one by the other.

Related Judgments

• Shri. Ashok Shankar Chitnis and Ors. vs Shri. Vanechand Gemrajaji Oswal and Ors — Bombay High Court (Mumbai Principal Seat) (2024)
• Reserved on: 3rd August 2010; Decision on: 11th August 2010; MSM DISC vs VIACOM 18 MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, AND ORS — Delhi High Court (2010)
• Smt. Priyasha Bhattacharyya vs The State of West Bengal and others, Mr. Phiroze Edulji, Ms. Amrita Pa — Calcutta High Court (Kolkata Principal Seat) (2022)
• The Hon’ble Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee; WPA 9004 of 2024; With; vs The State of West Bengal & Ors., Petioner-in-person, : Mr. Subhrangsu — Calcutta High Court (Kolkata Principal Seat) (2025)
• THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE N. SATHISH KUMAR; AND; THE HONOURABLE MR.JUS vs 1. S.Thiyagarajan@icehouse, Thiyagarajan, 2.K.M.Ismail, 3.B.Anitha Kum — Madras High Court (Principal Bench, Chennai) (2026)