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Under the Contract Act, 1872, what would be the amount of damages the party who suffers by the breach…

Under s.73 (embodying Hadley v. Baxendale) the injured party recovers the "Amount naturally arose in usual course of things from such breach or which parties knew to be…

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Under the Contract Act, 1872, what would be the amount of damages the party who suffers by the breach of a contract is entitled to recover from the party causing the breach?

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Under s.73 (embodying Hadley v. Baxendale) the injured party recovers the "Amount naturally arose in usual course of things from such breach or which parties knew to be likely to result", whereas "All indirect and remote loss or damage" is not recoverable.

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