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Principle The consideration or object of an agreement is unlawful if it is forbidden by law. Every agreement of which the object or consideration is unlawful is void.
Facts 'X' promises to pay 'Y' , if he ('Y') commits a crime, 'X' further promises to indemnify him ('Y') against any liability arising thereof. 'Y' agrees to act as per X's promise.
Which of the following derivations is correct?
Important Questions on Contract Law
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Principle Acceptance should be made while the offer is still subsisting.The offeror is free to retract his offer at any time before his offer gets accepted by the offeree. Once the offer is withdrawn or is lapsed, it is not open to be accepted so as to give rise to a contract. Similarly, if a time is prescribed within which the offer is to be accepted, then the offer must be accepted within the prescribed time. And if no time is prescribed, then the acceptance must be made within a reasonable time. 'What is a reasonable time', is a question of fact which is to be determined by taking into account all the relevant facts and surrounding circumstances.
Facts 'X' makes an offer to 'Y' to sell his equipment for ₹ . No time is specified for the acceptance. 'Y' sends his reply two years after receiving the offer.
Which of the following derivations is correct?
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Principle A proposal (offer) should be made with an intention that after its valid acceptance, a legally binding promise or agreement will be created. The test for the determination of such intention is not subjective, rather it is objective. The intention of the parties is to be ascertained from the terms of the agreement and the surrounding circumstances under which such an agreement is entered into.
As a general rule, in the case· of arrangements regulating social relations, it follows as a matter of course that the parties do not intend legal consequences to follow. On the contrary, as a general rule, in the case of arrangements regulating business affairs, it follows as a matter of course that the parties intend legal consequences to follow. However, the above rules are just presumptive in nature and hence can be rebutted.
Facts One morning while having breakfast, 'X', the father, says to 'Y' (X's son), in a casual manner, 'I shall buy a motorbike for you, if you get through the CLAT.'
Which of the following derivations is correct?
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Principle When one person signifies to another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything, with a view to obtaining the assent of that other to such act or abstinence, he is said to make a proposal. The expression of willingness/desire results in a valid proposal only when it is made/addressed to some person(s) .
Facts 'X' makes the following statement in an uninhabited hall. 'I wish to sell my mobile phone for ₹ 1000.'
Which of the following derivations is correct?
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Principle The consideration or object of an agreement is unlawful if the court regards it as opposed to public policy. Every agreement of which the object or consideration is unlawful is void.
Facts 'X' promises to obtain for 'Y' an employment in the public service and 'Y' promises to pay ₹ to 'X'
Which of the following derivations is correct?
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Principle When two or more persons agree to do or cause to be done, (1) an illegal act or (2) an act which is not illegal by illegal means, through such an agreement such persons are said to have been engaged in a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence. It is said that no consummation of the crime to need be achieved or even attempted.
Facts 'X', 'Y' and 'Z' plan to kill 'D'. They agree that only one among them, that is 'Z', will execute the plan. In pursuance of it 'Z' buys a gun and loads it.
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Principle 'Wrongful gain' is gain by unlawful means of property to which the person gaining is not legally entitled. 'Wrongful loss' is the loss by unlawful means of property to which the person losing it is legally entitled.
Facts 'X' takes away Y's watch out of Y's possession, without Y's consent and with the intention of keeping it.
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Principle Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or that it is known to be likely to cause any harm, if that harm is so slight that no person of ordinary sense and temper would complain of such harm.
Facts 'X' takes a plain sheet of paper from Y's drawer without Y's consent to write a letter to his friend.
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Principle Where both the parties to an agreement are under a mistake as to a matter of fact essential to the agreement, the agreement is void.
Factual Situation Roxanne supplies designer clothes to big showrooms and famous cloth houses. Max agrees to buy a certain consignment of only pink designer clothes for his shop due to the pink coloured theme of his famous shop. Issue cropped up when the exclusive pink coloured dresses were not delivered to Max's showroom, but to some other buyer who had earlier contracted with Roxanne's store and all this was neither in the knowledge of Roxanne nor Max.
Decide whether the contract between Roxanne and Max is void?
