Indian Contract Act, 1872
Indian Contract Act, 1872
X · Section 234

Consequence of inducing agent or principal to act on belief that principal or agent will be held exclusively liable.

Synced on 13 Aug 2026Text as per India Code

When a person who has made a contract with an agent induces the agent to act

upon the belief that the principal only will be held liable, or induces the principal to act upon the belief

that the agent only will be held liable, he cannot afterwards hold liable the agent or principal respectively.

Judgments on Section 234