Acceptance
According to Section 2(b), "When the person to whom the proposal is made signifies his assent thereto, the proposal is said to be accepted."
Rules:
1. Acceptance must be absolute and unqualified.
2. Communicated to offeror.
3. Acceptance must be in the mode prescribed.
4. Acceptance must be given within a reasonable time before the offer lapses.
5. Acceptance by the way of conduct.
6. Mere silence is no acceptance. Silence does not per-se amounts to communication- Bank of India Ltd. Vs. Rustom Cowasjee- AIR 1955 Bom. 419 at P. 430; 57 Bom. L.R. 850- Mere silence cannot amount to any assent. It does not even amount to any representation on which any plea of estoppel may be founded, unless there is a duty to make some statement or to do some act
7. offree and offerer must be consent
8.Acceptance must be unambiguous and definite.
Read more about this topic: Indian Contract Act 1872
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