LEGAL PRINCIPLE: A minor is not competent to contract.

FACTUAL SITUATION: Deep, a 9th standard student realizes that he being a minor, he is not permitted by law to execute a contract, appoints Mandeep as his agent to conclude purchase of a land to gift it to his mother on her birthday. Mandeep accordingly prepares the papers for the transaction but at the last minute the seller who had agreed to sell it now refuses to sell it contending that he does not wish to sell the land to a minor. Deep seeks to enforce the contract against the seller.

DECIDE.

Deep can enforce the contract- since Mandeep is his agent. Deep is deemed to have personally entered into a contract

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Deep contract enforce the contract - only Mandeep can, since seller has entered into the contract with Mandeep

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Deep cannot enforce the contract since he is a minor

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Deep can neither appoint an agent nor enforce the contract since he is a minor

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The correct option is D Deep can neither appoint an agent nor enforce the contract since he is a minor
A contract by a minor is void ab initio under the Indian Contract Act. Therefore Deep cannot appoint an agent nor enforce contract since he is a minor.

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Q. A. A minor is a person who is below the age of eighteen. However, where a guardian administers the minor's property the age of majority is twenty one.
B. A minor is not permitted by law to enter into a contract. Hence, where a minor enters into a contract with a major person, the contract is not enforceable. This effectively means that neither the minor nor the other party can make any claim on the basis of the contract.
C. In a contract with a minor, if the other party hands over any money or confers any other benefit on the minor, the same shall not be recoverable from the minor unless the other party was deceived by the minor to hand over money or any other benefit. The other party will have to show that the minor misrepresented her age, he was ignorant about the age of the minor and that he handed over the benefit on the basis of such representation.
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Ajay convinces Bandita, a girl aged

18

that she would sell her land to him. Bandita's mother Chaaru is her guardian. Nonetheless Bandita, without the permission of Chaaru, sells the land to Ajay for a total sum of rupees fifty lakh, paid in full and final settlement of the price. Chaaru challenges this transaction claiming the Bandita is a minor and hence the possession of the land shall not be given to Ajay. Thus Ajay is in a difficult situation and has no idea how to recover his money from Bandita.
Which of the following is correct?

Q. Legal Priinciples
Rules:
A. The act of using threat to enter into a contract is called coercion.
B. The act of using influence on another and taking undue advantage of that person is called undue influence.
C In order to prove coercion, the existence of the use of threat, in any form and manner, is necessary. If coercion is proved, the person who has been so threatened can refuse to abide by the contract.
D In order to prove undue influence, there has to be a pre-existing relationship between the parties to a contract. The relationship has to be of such a nature that one is in position to influence the other. If it is proven that there has been undue influence, the party who has been so influenced need not enforce the contract or perform his obligation, under the contract.

Facts:

Aadil and Baalu are best friends. Aadil is the son of a multi-millionaire businessman, Chullbul, who owns Maakhan pharmaceuticals. Baalu is the son of a bank employee , Dhanraj . One day, Aadil is abducted from his office by Baalu. Chulbul receives a phone call from Dhanraj telling him that if he does not make Baalu the CEO of Maakhan Pharmaceutical, Aadil will be killed. Chulbul reluctantly agrees to make Baalu the CEO. Subsequently, Chulbul and Baalu sign an employment contract. However , as soon as Aadil is released and safely returns home, Chulbul tells Baalu that he shall not enforce the employment contract. Baalu and Dhanraj are not sure to what is to be done next.
Baalu will succeed in getting the employment contract enforced if he can show that ____________________.

Q. Identify which of the following statement is true and which is false.
L. The Court will not enforce a contract the terms of which are uncertain.
M. An agreement to agree in the future constitutes a binding contract.
N. A contract with an intention to contract is not a contract.

Select the correct answer from the options given below-

L M N

Q. Rules
A. The act of using threats to force another person to enter into a contract is called coercion.
B. The act of using influence on another and taking undue advantage of that person is called undue influence.
C. In order to prove coercion, the existence of the use of threat, in any form and manner, is necessary. If coercion is proved, the person who has been so threatened can refuse to abide by the contract.
D. In order to prove undue-influence, there has to be a pre-existing relationship between the parties to a contract. The relationship has to be of such a nature that one is in a position to influence the other. If it is proven that there has been undue influence, the party who has been so influenced need not enforce the contract or perform his obligations under the contract.
Facts
Aadil and Baalu are best friends. Aadil is the son of multi millionaire business person, Chulbul who owns Maakhan Pharmaceuticals. Baalu is the son of a bank employee, Dhanraj. One day, Aadil is abducted from his office by Baalu. Chulbul receives a phone call from Dhanraj telling him that if he does not make Baalu the CEO of Maakhan Pharmaceuticals, Aadil will be killed. Chulbul reluctantly agrees to make the Baalu the CEO.
Subsequently Chulbul and Baalu sign an employment contract. However as soon as Aadil is released and safely returns home, Chulbul tells Baalu that he shall not enforce the employment contract. Baalu and Dhanraj are not sure as to what is to be done next.
Baalu will succeed in getting the employment contract enforced if he can show that

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FACTUAL SITUATION: A daughter promises to given maintenance to her uncle in consideration of her mother making a gift of certain properties to her. The daughter pleads lack of consideration when the uncle seeks to enforce the contract. She says that the uncle is a stranger to the consideration and so he cannot enforce the contract. The daughter.

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The correct option is D Deep can neither appoint an agent nor enforce the contract since he is a minorA contract by a minor is void ab initio under the Indian Contract Act. Therefore Deep cannot appoint an agent nor enforce contract since he is a minor.

The correct option is D Deep can neither appoint an agent nor enforce the contract since he is a minor
A contract by a minor is void ab initio under the Indian Contract Act. Therefore Deep cannot appoint an agent nor enforce contract since he is a minor.