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A bride's parent agrees to pay the groom ₹50,000 because the groom demands it as a condition of…

A demanded payment from a bride's parent to the groom as a condition of the marriage is property agreed to be given in connection with the marriage. It falls within section…

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A bride's parent agrees to pay the groom ₹50,000 because the groom demands it as a condition of marrying the bride. How is that agreement treated under the Indian Contract Act, 1872 and the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961?

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A demanded payment from a bride's parent to the groom as a condition of the marriage is property agreed to be given in connection with the marriage. It falls within section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, and section 5 makes the agreement void. Section 23 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 also bars enforcement on an unlawful consideration or object.

Section 32 concerns a lawful contract whose performance depends on a collateral event. The agreed payment here is part of the marriage arrangement itself.

Option feedback

Option A

A condition tied to a future event cannot make a prohibited dowry agreement enforceable.

Option B

The groom acquires no enforceable right to the demanded payment.

Option C

The payment is demanded in connection with the marriage. The agreement is void under section 5 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and has unlawful consideration or object under section 23 of the Indian Contract Act.

Option D

Section 5 makes the agreement void. The parent does not need to rescind it to make it unenforceable.

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