Will breach of contract attract Criminal Liability??

Ditto.

I agree with the above view

Ms pooja,please go through the decision  of  hon, supreme court ,citation given below

A.I.R. 1999 S.C 1480

Please refer AIR 2000SC 1869 and AIR 2000 SC 2341.Illustration (g) to Sec  415 makes the position clear eough to indicate that mere failure to deliver in breach of an areement would not amount to cheating but it is liable only to a civil action for breach of contract.

Thanks all, for your valuable opinions..

So is the conclude right that for criminal liability, mens rea is important, and it is for the court to decide...( means  depending upon evidence and facts of the case)

Will the same be applied in case of defamation too???

Employee leave the organisation by giving resignation through email of fax and not completing his notice period then employer will take Criminal action for breach of contract? As employer has been suffering due to emmediete resign what will be the way out the same?

I am of the opinion that the there will not be any criminal liability under the Indian Contract Act towards breach of contract. Section 73 to 75 of the said Act clearly lays down the conscequences of breach. It is normally the damages, recission and termination of contract. The palintiff is entitled to the loss naturally arising in the usual course of business. There can be expectation loss as well as reliance loss. The parties can provide for damages themselves. Damages which are in the reasonable contemplation of the parties as a direct result of the breach can also be claimed.

                                I feel that criminal liability would arise not out of contract but out of the action itself which has nothing to do with the contract. Please note that if criminal action is a natural outcome of the contract such a contract should be void as per Sec23. So I am of the opinion that criminal liability is not the out come of breach of contract. Contract Act also do not provide for it.I am not concerned with liability under TORT which is a separate topic by itself. My opinion is confined to your query.

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