Chapter 6
Legality of Object and Void Agreements
āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāϤিāϞ āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻŦৈāϧāϤা
Questions
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS āĻāĻাāϧিāĻ āĻĒāĻāύ্āĻĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ 1. Object of a contract means: ā§§/ āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš’āϞ: (a) Purpose of contract (b) Objective of contract (c) Motive of contract (d) All of the above (āĻ) āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ (āĻ) āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ (āĻ) āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ (āĻ) āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āϏāĻāϞোāĻŦোā§°
Ans: (d) All of the above āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (āĻ) āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āϏāĻāϞোāĻŦোā§°
2. An agreement the object of which is unlawful is called as: ⧍) āϝিāĻো āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ āĻ āĻŦৈāϧ āĻšāϝ়, āϏেāĻ āĻুāĻ্āϤিāĻ āĻāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻোā§ąা āĻšāϝ়: (a) Void agreement (b) Illegal agreement (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above
(āĻ) āĻুāĻ্āϤি āĻŦাāϤিāϞ (āĻ) āĻ āĻŦৈāϧ āĻুāĻ্āϤি (āĻ) (āĻ) āĻā§°ু (āĻ) āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻা (āĻ) āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻোāύোāĻোā§ąেāĻ āύāĻšāϝ়
Ans: (c) Both (a) and (b) āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (āĻ) (āĻ) āĻā§°ু (āĻ) āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻা
3. All void agreements are illegal agreements?
ā§Š/ āϏāĻāϞো āĻŦাāϤিāϞ āĻুāĻ্āϤি āĻ āĻŦৈāϧ āĻুāĻ্āϤি? (a) True (b) False (c) Partially true (d) None of the above
(āĻ) āϏঁāĻা (āĻ) āĻŽিāĻা (āĻ) āĻংāĻļিāĻāĻাā§ąে āϏāϤ্āϝ (āĻ) āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻোāύোāĻোā§ąেāĻ āύāĻšāϝ়
Ans: (b) False āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (āĻ) āĻŽিāĻা
4. All illegal agreements are void agreements?
ā§Ē/ āϏāĻāϞো āĻ
āĻŦৈāϧ āĻুāĻ্āϤি āĻŦাāϤিāϞ āĻুāĻ্āϤি?
(a) True (b) False
(c) Partially true (d) None of the above
(āĻ) āϏঁāĻা (āĻ) āĻŽিāĻা
(āĻ) āĻংāĻļিāĻāĻাā§ąে āϏāϤ্āϝ (āĻ) āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻোāύোāĻোā§ąেāĻ āύāĻšāϝ়
Ans: (a) True
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (āĻ) āϏঁāĻা
5. Stifling prosecution is an example of: ā§Ģ/ āώ্āĻিāĻĢāϞিং āĻĒ্ā§°āĻিāĻিāĻāĻāύ āĻšৈāĻে āύিāĻŽ্āύোāĻ্āϤ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻāĻা āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ:
(a) Illegal agreement (b) Agreement opposed to public policy (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above (āĻ) āĻ āĻŦৈāϧ āĻুāĻ্āϤি (āĻ) ā§°াāĻāĻšুā§ąা āύীāϤিā§° āĻŦিā§°োāϧী āĻুāĻ্āϤি (āĻ) (āĻ) āĻā§°ু (āĻ) āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻা (āĻ) āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻোāύোāĻোā§ąেāĻ āύāĻšāϝ়
Ans: (c) Void agreement
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (āĻ) āĻুāĻ্āϤি āĻŦাāϤিāϞ āĻā§°া
(a) Invaild contract (b) Invalid agreement (c) Void agreement (d) All of the above
(āĻ) āĻ āĻŦৈāϧ āĻুāĻ্āϤি (āĻ) āĻ āĻŦৈāϧ āĻুāĻ্āϤি (āĻ) āĻুāĻ্āϤি āĻŦাāϤিāϞ (āĻ) āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āϏāĻāϞোāĻŦোā§°
Ans: (c) Void agreement
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (āĻ) āĻুāĻ্āϤি āĻŦাāϤিāϞ āĻā§°া
7. A transaction collateral to a void agreement: ā§) āĻŦাāϤিāϞ āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āϞেāύāĻĻেāύ⧰ āĻাāĻŽিāύ: (a) is unenforceable by law (b) is enforceable by law (c) is illegal (d) None of the above (āĻ) āĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ি (āĻ) āĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ি (āĻ) āĻ āĻŦৈāϧ (āĻ) āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻোāύোāĻোā§ąেāĻ āύāĻšāϝ়
Ans: (b) is enforceable by law
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (āĻ) āĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āϝাāϝ়
FILL IN THE BLANKS āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ 1. A void agreement is ______ in scope than an illegal agreement. (wider/narrower) ā§§/ āĻ āĻŦৈāϧ āĻুāĻ্āϤিāϤāĻৈ āĻŦাāϤিāϞ āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻĒā§°িāϏ⧰ ______। (āĻŦāĻšāϞ/āϏংāĻীā§°্āĻŖ)
Ans: (1) wider
2. An agreeme āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (⧍) āĻļূāύ্āϝ
3. An agreement restraining a minor to marry is a ________ (void agreement/void contract)
ā§Š/ āύাāĻŦাāϞāĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻŦাāĻš āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦাāϧা āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻুāĻ্āϤি āĻš’āϞ ________ (āĻŦাāϤিāϞ āĻুāĻ্āϤি/āĻŦাāϤিāϞ āĻুāĻ্āϤি)
Ans: (3) valid contract āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (ā§Š) āĻŦৈāϧ āĻুāĻ্āϤি
4. An uncertain agreement is one the meaning of which is _______ . (uncertain/clear)
ā§Ē) āĻ
āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āĻুāĻ্āϤি āĻš'āϞ āĻāύেāĻুā§ąা āĻāĻা āĻুāĻ্āϤি āϝাā§° āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš'āϞ _______ ৷ (āĻ
āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ/āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻ)
Ans: (4) uncertain āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (ā§Ē) āĻ āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ
5. The only interest in wagering agreement is ________ (stake money/winning)
ā§Ģ/ āĻŦাāĻি āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻāĻāĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āϏুāϤ āĻš’āϞ ________ (āώ্āĻেāĻ āĻŽাāύি/āĻāϝ়ী) ৷
Ans: (5) stake money
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰: (ā§Ģ) āώ্āĻেāĻ āĻŽাāύি
6. A transaction collateral to a wagering transaction is _________ by law. (enforceable/unenforceable)
ā§Ŧ) āĻŦাāĻি āϧ⧰া āϞেāύāĻĻেāύ⧰ āϞেāύāĻĻেāύ⧰ āĻাāĻŽিāύ āĻāĻāύ āĻ
āύুāϏ⧰ি _________। (āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§āϝোāĻ্āϝ/āĻ
āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°া)
Ans: (6) enforceable āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (ā§Ŧ) āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§āϝোāĻ্āϝ
7. Lotlory is _______ by law. (enforeable/unenforceable)
ā§/ āϞāĻā§°ী āĻāĻāύ āĻ āύুāϏ⧰ি _______। (āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°া/āĻ āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°া)
Ans: (7) unenforceable āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (ā§) āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°া
8. Crossword competitions is _______ by law. (enforeable /unenforceable)
ā§Ž/ āĻ্ā§°āĻā§ąā§°্āĻĄ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϝোāĻিāϤা āĻāĻāύ āĻ
āύুāϏ⧰ি _______। (āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°āϝোāĻ্āϝ /āĻ
āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°া)
Ans: (8) enforceable
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (ā§Ž) āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§āϝোāĻ্āϝ
TRUE/FALSE
āϏঁāĻা/āĻŽিāĻা
1. A partner can not carry on any business other than of the firm in which he is a partner.
ā§§/ āĻāĻāύ āĻ
ংāĻļীāĻĻাā§°ে āϝি āĻĢাā§°্āĻŽāϤ āĻ
ংāĻļীāĻĻাā§° āϏেāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāώ্āĻ াāύāĻোā§° āĻŦাāĻšিā§°ে āĻāύ āĻোāύো āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে।
Ans: (1) True āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (ā§§) āϏঁāĻা
2. Insurance is a contract of indemnity.
⧍/ āĻŦীāĻŽা āĻšৈāĻে āĻ্āώāϤিāĻĒূā§°āĻŖā§° āĻুāĻ্āϤি।
Ans: (2) True āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (⧍) āϏঁāĻা
3. A horse race is a void agreement.
ā§Š/ āĻোঁā§°া āĻĻৌā§° āĻšৈāĻে āĻāĻ āĻŦাāϤিāϞ āĻুāĻ্āϤি।
Ans: (3) False āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (ā§Š) āĻŽিāĻা
4. Parties to an illegal agreement cannot be punished by the law.
ā§Ē/ āĻ
āĻŦৈāϧ āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻĒāĻ্āώāϏāĻŽূāĻšāĻ āĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻļাāϏ্āϤি āĻĻিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°িāĻŦ।
Ans: (4) False
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (ā§Ē) āĻŽিāĻা
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5. Marriage brokage agreements are valid contracts. ā§Ģ/ āĻŦিāĻŦাāĻšā§° āĻŦ্ā§°োāĻেāĻ āĻুāĻ্āϤি āĻŦৈāϧ āĻুāĻ্āϤি।
Ans: (5) False
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ (ā§Ģ) āĻŽিāĻা
SHORT QUESTIONS
āĻুāĻি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ
1. When is an object of an agreement illegal?
ā§§/ āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻেāϤিāϝ়া āĻ
āĻŦৈāϧ?
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2. Discuss the effect of agreements the object of which is illegal partially U/S 24.
⧍) āϝিāĻŦোā§° āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ āĻংāĻļিāĻāĻাā§ąে āĻ
āĻŦৈāϧ U/S 24 āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§ąā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°া।
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3. What is an object opposed to public policy?
ā§Š/ ā§°াāĻāĻšুā§ąা āύীāϤিā§° āĻŦিā§°োāϧী āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻি?
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4. Differentiate between maintenance and champerty.
ā§Ē/ ā§°āĻ্āώāĻŖাāĻŦেāĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻā§°ু āĻেāĻŽ্āĻĒাā§°্āĻিā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ্āϝ ā§°াāĻāĻ।
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5. Differentiate between void agreements and illegal agreements.
ā§Ģ/ āĻŦাāϤিāϞ āĻুāĻ্āϤি āĻā§°ু āĻ
āĻŦৈāϧ āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ্āϝ āϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°া।
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6. Define uncertain agreements.
ā§Ŧ) āĻ
āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āϏংāĻ্āĻা āĻĻিāϝ়া।
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LONG QUESTIONS āĻĻীāĻāϞীāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ
ā§§/ "āϏāĻāϞো āĻ āĻŦৈāϧ āĻুāĻ্āϤি āĻŦাāϤিāϞ āĻিāύ্āϤু āϏāĻāϞো āĻŦাāϤিāϞ āĻুāĻ্āϤি āĻ āĻŦৈāϧ āύāĻšāϝ়।" āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ.
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4. "No action is allowed on an illegal agreement." What are the exceptions to his rule? ā§Ē/ "āĻ āĻŦৈāϧ āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻোāύো āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨা āĻ্ā§°āĻšāĻŖā§° āĻ āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāϝ়া āύāĻšāϝ়।" āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻļাāϏāύ⧰ āĻŦ্āϝāϤিāĻ্ā§°āĻŽ āĻি āĻি?
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7. "An agreement in restraint of trade is void." Examine this statement mentioning exceptions, if any.
ā§/ "āĻŦাāĻŖিāĻ্āϝ āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্ā§°āĻŖā§° āĻুāĻ্āϤি āĻŦাāϤিāϞ।" āĻŦ্āϝāϤিāĻ্ā§°āĻŽā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻŦৃāϤিāĻো āĻĒā§°ীāĻ্āώা āĻā§°āĻ, āϝāĻĻি āĻāĻে।
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8. What are wagering agreements? What are the legal effects of such agreements ? Is a contract of insurance a wagering agreement?
ā§Ž/ āĻŦাāĻিā§° āĻুāĻ্āϤি āĻি āĻি? āĻāύে āĻুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻāĻāύী āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§ą āĻি ? āĻŦীāĻŽাā§° āĻুāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻা āĻŦাāĻিā§° āĻুāĻ্āϤি āύেāĻি?
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