According to the Indian Contract Act, 1872, if any part of a single consideration for one or more…
Contract Act section 24 makes the agreement void if any part of a single consideration for one or more objects is unlawful. The unlawful part cannot be salvaged by partly…
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According to the Indian Contract Act, 1872, if any part of a single consideration for one or more objects is unlawful, then:
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Contract Act section 24 makes the agreement void if any part of a single consideration for one or more objects is unlawful. The unlawful part cannot be salvaged by partly enforcing that indivisible bargain. This differs from genuinely separable lawful and unlawful promises with distinct consideration.
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