change of circumstances rendering the contract illegal or physically impossible of performance. Impossibilium nulla obligatio est is an accepted Latin Maxim meaning that there is no obligation to do impossible things. Similarly, the scope of application of the doctrine of 'Lex non cogit ad Impossibilia' , that is, the law does not compel a man to do what he cannot possibly perform, the Roman Maxim 'Nemo Tenetur ad Impossibilia' , no one is bound to do an impossibility, have no application in the fact situation. Here no one has a case that the first part of Section 56 has any application. The petitioner wanted to bring his case under the second part, saying that due to supervening reasons, that is, introduction of complete lock-down due to the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, it became impossible for him to perform his part of the contract and thus the contract stands frustrated. We have no doubt that on his own showing, it is brought out by the petitioner that the second part of Section 56 also has no application. It is evident that from 17.08.2020 onwards, he could do business. The term of the contract is up
