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Ramesh and Geeta were husband and wife living in Bangalore. Ramesh was an Income Tax Officer and Geeta…

A husband's promise of monthly household money to his wife is a domestic arrangement lacking intention to create legal relations (Balfour v Balfour), so it is not an…

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Ramesh and Geeta were husband and wife living in Bangalore. Ramesh was an Income Tax Officer and Geeta was a school teacher. They had two sons studying in schools in Bangalore. Parents of Ramesh were also staying with them. Ramesh was transferred to Madras and he had to leave his family behind at Bangalore. He promised to send every month Rupees thirty thousand to meet family expenditure, to his wife. Ramesh did not send any money from Madras. If Geeta filed a suit for specific performance of the contract, then which one of the following is correct?

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A husband's promise of monthly household money to his wife is a domestic arrangement lacking intention to create legal relations (Balfour v Balfour), so it is not an enforceable contract: "Family agreements are not contracts and hence, no order for specific performance can be ordered."

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