Q.94
Contract, Specific Relief, Property & NI Act Medium Act + Section Given
Bare Act Indian Contract Act, 1872 · Section 11 / Mohori Bibee case

In which of the following cases it was decided that a contract with minor is void?

A Carlill v. Carbolic Smokes Ball Co.
B Chinnaih ‘0, Ramaiah
Mohori Bibee v, Dharmodas Ghose Answer
D Harvey v. Facey
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The landmark case on minor's contracts is Mohori Bibee v. Dharmodas Ghose (1903), where the Privy Council held that a contract with a minor is void ab initio — not merely voidable. This means a minor cannot enter into a valid contract, and any such agreement has no legal effect from the beginning.

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Subject Contract, Specific Relief, Property & NI Act
Difficulty Medium
Act Indian Contract Act, 1872
Section Section 11 / Mohori Bibee case
Answer (C) Act + Section Given
Paper AIBE XVII — February 2023
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