Reviewed case brief
Satyabrata Ghose v. Mugneeram Bangur & Co
AIR 1954 SC 44
AIR 1954 SC 44 · Supreme Court of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 1954
- Subjects
- Law of Contract I
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02
Rule established
Section 56 of the Indian Contract Act exhaustively governs frustration in India; 'impossibility' under Section 56 is used in a practical sense (impracticability), not literally; English doctrines of frustration cannot be imported beyond the statutory framework.
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