Sayed Eqbal 12033
*According to section 11 of the INDIAN contract act:
“ Every person is competent to contract who is of the age of majority according to the law to which he is subject, & who is of sound mind, and is not disqualified from contracting by any law to which he is subject.”
*Minors, who are not of the age of majority.
*Persons of unsound mind, and
*Persons disqualified to contract by any law
*Who is a minor – Acc. To sec 3 of Indian majority act, 1875, a minor is a person who has not attained the age of 18 years.
*According to sec 12:“ A person is said to be of sound mind for the purpose of making a contract if, at the time when he makes it, he is capable of understanding it & of forming a rational judgment as to its effect upon his interest.”
*Idiots – has completely lost their mental powers
*Lunatic – the person losses the capacity due to the illness of brain or mental bodily distress.
*Drunkenness
*Alien enemy
*Insolvents- all property in hand of Official assignee. He can enter into contract when court passes an order of discharge
*Convicts – persons who are sentenced to imprisonment cannot enter into contract during that period).
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