Invoking Force Majeure clause amid Coronavirus Pandemic: Lawyers Advice

The coronavirus or Covid-19 has been declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). This pandemic has led to a national lockdown by the Government of India preventing us from stepping out of our houses. This outbreak and the lockdown as its consequence have posed a lot of problems. Owing to the lockdown and the need for people to quarantine themselves, a lot of businesses and a variety of contracts have been affected making it hard for the parties to perform their obligations towards the contract. Due to this unfortunate situation the parties are searching for defenses to save themselves from breach of contract and a principle of civil law, pacta sunt servanda which means “All agreements must be kept”. One such defense is Force Majeure.

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