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A purports to transfer ₹1,000 to B on condition that B marry A’s daughter C. C was already dead when A…

Section 25 defeats an interest that depends on an impossible condition. Illustration (b) applies this rule to a marriage condition where the intended spouse is already dead…

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A purports to transfer ₹1,000 to B on condition that B marry A’s daughter C. C was already dead when A made the transfer. What is the effect under section 25 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882?

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Section 25 defeats an interest that depends on an impossible condition.

Illustration (b) applies this rule to a marriage condition where the intended spouse is already dead at the date of transfer.

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Option A

An interest dependent on an impossible condition fails.

Option B

Waiting cannot make the stipulated marriage possible.

Option C

The condition was impossible at the time of transfer, so the dependent interest fails.

Option D

Section 25 causes the dependent interest to fail without an election by B.

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