Q: State section 28 of Indian Contract Act, 1872 ?

Ans: Section 28 of Indian Contract Act mentions Agreements in restraint of legal proceedings.  

Any agreement between the two parties that prohibits one or both of them from taking the contract to court if the other fails to comply is invalid. According to Section 28 of the Indian Contract Act, any agreement that prevents or restricts an aggrieved party from seeking remedy in a relevant court or tribunal in the case of a breach of contract is null and void. According to the law, any agreement that extinguishes a party's rights or releases either party from obligation is null and void.
Every Agreement by which any party thereto is restricted absolutely from enforcing his rights under or in respect of any contract by the usual legal proceedings in the ordinary tribunals, or which limits the time within which he may thus enforce his rights is void to that extent. 


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