Question

A party to a contract can be discharged from performing it, if it has become

• A. Expensive
• B. Onerous
• C. Commercially inviable
• D. Impossible

Hint:

Distinguish impossibility (discharges contract) from difficulty or loss, which does not under contract law.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Under Section 56 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, a contract is discharged if performance becomes impossible due to unforeseen circumstances (doctrine of frustration). Expense or commercial inviability does not suffice. Thus, the correct answer is: \[ {\text{Impossible}} \]