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https://lawtimesjournal.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/case-law-1-638-1.jpg1200628Lalman Shukla vs. Gauri Dutt continues to be one of the most widely cited cases in contract law. It was one of the earliest cases in India dealing with the aspects of general offer, consent, and acceptance. The Indian Contract Act was legislated in the year 1872, and this case of 1913 remains one of the earliest cases in which the provisions of this act were weighed and interpreted.