Indian Contract Act Section 29 — Agreements void for uncertainty
CHAPTER II OF CONTRACTS, VOIDABLE CONTRACTS AND VOID AGREEMENTS — Void agreements
Commercial / Corporate
Summary
Agreements whose meaning is not certain, or cannot be made certain, are void. This means that if the terms of an agreement are unclear and there is no way to determine what the parties actually intended, the agreement has no legal effect. The section does not define what makes a meaning certain, but it treats an agreement as invalid if its meaning is either already uncertain or cannot be clarified.
Official Text
Agreements, the meaning of which is not certain, or capable of being made certain, are void. Illustrations
Related Judgments
- TILAK RAJ BAKSHI vs AVINASH CHAND SHARMA (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. & OTHERS — Supreme Court of India (2019)
- BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LTD. & ANR. vs BPL MOBILE CELLULAR LTD. & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2008)
- SHIKHA MISRA & ANR vs S. KRISHNAMURTHY — Delhi High Court (2014)
- KESHAVLAL LALLUBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS vs LALBHAI TRIKUMLAL MILLS LTD — Supreme Court of India (1958)
