Competent To Contract
Section 11 of The Indian Contract Act specifies that every person is competent to contract provided:
1. He should not be a minor i.e. an individual who has not attained the age of majority i.e. 18 years.
2. He should be of sound mind while making a contract. A person with unsound mind cannot make a contract.
3. He is not a person who has been personally disqualified by law.
4. not pardanashin women.
Read more about this topic: Indian Contract Act 1872
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