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Delivered goods do not conform to the contract, and the buyer is entitled to reject them. In the…

Section 43 provides that a buyer who rightfully refuses delivered goods may simply notify the seller of rejection, unless the parties agree otherwise. The buyer has no duty…

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Delivered goods do not conform to the contract, and the buyer is entitled to reject them. In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, what suffices under the Sale of Goods Act, 1930?

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Section 43 provides that a buyer who rightfully refuses delivered goods may simply notify the seller of rejection, unless the parties agree otherwise.

The buyer has no duty to arrange return under that default rule.

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Option A

Section 43 relieves a buyer who rightfully rejects delivered goods of the duty to return them under the stated conditions.

Option B

Section 43 makes notification sufficient and does not make a buyer's lien a condition of rejection.

Option C

The buyer need only notify the seller of the rightful rejection under the stated conditions.

Option D

Section 43 requires no prior court order for the stated rejection.

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