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Principle: When, at the Desire One Person, Any Other Person Has Done Or Abstained from Doing Something, Such Act Or Abstinence Or Promise is Called a Consideration for the Promise.

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Principle: When, at the desire one person, any other person has done or abstained from doing something, such act or abstinence or promise is called a consideration for the promise.

Facts:  X, the uncle of Y, made a promise to pay him an amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- as a reward if Y quits smoking and drinking within one year. Y quit smoking and drinking within six months. 

Options

  • Consideration has moved from the side of X. 

  • Consideration has moved from the side of Y. 

  • No consideration has moved from the side of Y. 

  • Quitting smoking and drinking cannot be a consideration. 

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Solution

Consideration has moved from the side of Y.  

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