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A, writes a letter to B offering to sell his car at Rs. 2 lac and states that if he does not receive a…

An offeror cannot impose that silence will be treated as acceptance (Felthouse v Bindley); B's failure to reply is no acceptance, so the answer is "No".

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A, writes a letter to B offering to sell his car at Rs. 2 lac and states that if he does not receive a reply within 15 days of the receipt of the letter by B, the offer shall be deemed to have been accepted. B does not send a reply even after 15 days of the receipt of the letter by B. Has the offer been validly accepted?

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An offeror cannot impose that silence will be treated as acceptance (Felthouse v Bindley); B's failure to reply is no acceptance, so the answer is "No".

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