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Under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, destruction of the subject matter of a contract leads to:

Destruction of the essential subject matter can make the promised performance impossible, discharging the contract under section 56. That is supervening impossibility rather…

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Under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, destruction of the subject matter of a contract leads to:

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Destruction of the essential subject matter can make the promised performance impossible, discharging the contract under section 56. That is supervening impossibility rather than completed performance or novation. The rule does not excuse self-induced destruction or override an applicable contractual allocation of that risk; no such qualification is supplied here.

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