Leading Cases

Question 1

Mohori Bibee v Dharmodas Ghose (1903) — held?

Accepted Answer

An agreement with a minor is void ab initio; the Privy Council refused to order the minor to repay the money advanced on mortgage. (Source: (1903) 30 IA 114 (PC))

Question 2

Lalman Shukla v Gauri Dutt (1913) — held?

Accepted Answer

There can be no acceptance of an offer without knowledge of it; the servant who traced the missing boy without knowing of the reward could not claim it. (Source: (1913) 11 ALJ 489 (All HC))

Question 3

Chinnaya v Ramayya (1882) — principle?

Accepted Answer

Consideration may move from the promisee or any other person (s 2(d)); privity of consideration is not required in India. (Source: (1882) ILR 4 Mad 137)

Question 4

Satyabrata Ghose v Mugneeram Bangur & Co (1954) — held?

Accepted Answer

"Impossible" in s 56 means impracticable or useless from the point of view of the object; requisition of land during the war did not frustrate the contract on the facts. (Source: AIR 1954 SC 44)

Question 5

Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co [1893] — why is it cited in India?

Accepted Answer

For general offers: an offer may be made to the world at large and accepted by anyone who performs its conditions (reflected in s 8, ICA). (Source: [1893] 1 QB 256; ICA s 8)

1.Mohori Bibee v Dharmodas Ghose (1903) — held?

2.Lalman Shukla v Gauri Dutt (1913) — held?

3.Chinnaya v Ramayya (1882) — principle?

4.Satyabrata Ghose v Mugneeram Bangur & Co (1954) — held?

5.Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co [1893] — why is it cited in India?