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If the agreement consists of legal and illegal parts, the legal part is separable from illegal part,…

Where the legal part of an agreement is separable from the illegal part, the legal part is "Valid" and enforceable while only the illegal part fails (doctrine of…

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If the agreement consists of legal and illegal parts, the legal part is separable from illegal part, then legal part is:

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Where the legal part of an agreement is separable from the illegal part, the legal part is "Valid" and enforceable while only the illegal part fails (doctrine of severability, cf. ss.24 and 57 of the Indian Contract Act).

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