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On 1.12.2000, Jayanta offered to give marriage of his daughter Rina to Pratap. He also offered that he…

An agreement to do an act impossible in itself is void under section 56 of the Contract Act. Rina died on 1 June 2000, before the offer made on 1 December 2000, so the…

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On 1.12.2000, Jayanta offered to give marriage of his daughter Rina to Pratap. He also offered that he will pay Pratap Rs. 50 lakhs if Pratap agrees to marry Rina. But Rina died on 1.6.2000.

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An agreement to do an act impossible in itself is void under section 56 of the Contract Act. Rina died on 1 June 2000, before the offer made on 1 December 2000, so the proposed marriage could not take place even if the offer were accepted. Neither performance of that marriage nor payment as its agreed exchange can be enforced. Compensation for a knowingly impossible promise is a separate statutory issue requiring facts about knowledge and resulting loss, which this question does not establish.

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