Coercion or duress or menace s.15

Indian contract act 1872

Section .15

Coercion

definition

it is commiting or threatened to commit an act

which is not lawful, detaining  property or threatening to detain a property to enter into agreement.

Acts forbidden by ipc

Criminal initmidation

Suicide

Detention of property

Case law 

Chikham amiraju v Chikham seshamma

A hindu by threat of suicide made his wife and her son to release a property in favour his brother.

Illustration

A person pledged his plate for £20 but the pledgee insisted for additional £10 as interest,the pledger paid the extra and sued for coercion under detention of property.

difference between indian and english law

according to Indian law it is coercion

English law it is duress or menace

Coercion in Indian law is not limited and covers strangers involving in threat.

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