Author: AnushkaSingh

Introduction According to the Indian legal system, a minor lack contractual capacity, meaning incompetent to enter into a contract (as Section 11 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 says about it). A minor’s contract is void ab initio (void from the very beginning) not merely voidable. The difficulty arises when an innocent adult (not knowing about minority of the minor) enters into a contract with the minor and later suffer loss because the contract is void ab initio does not allow to restitute the or we can say left without getting any remedy. The present paper analyses the statutory framework,…