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A promises to maintain B’s child, and B promises to pay A Rs. 1,000 yearly for that purpose. In terms…

The mutual promises are lawful consideration: maintaining the child is exchanged for the agreed annual payment. Section 23’s illustration expressly treats these reciprocal…

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A promises to maintain B’s child, and B promises to pay A Rs. 1,000 yearly for that purpose. In terms of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the consideration is:

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The mutual promises are lawful consideration: maintaining the child is exchanged for the agreed annual payment. Section 23’s illustration expressly treats these reciprocal promises as lawful. There is no stated unlawful object, injury or prohibited purpose, and the transaction is not devoid of consideration merely because performance concerns a child.

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