A contingent agreement based on an impossible event under Section 36 is:

Option A: Void

Option B: Void till impossible is known

Option C: Void when even becomes impossible

Option D: Voidable

Correct Answer

Option: a

Explanation

Section 36 of Indian Contract Act, 1872 provides that Agreement contingent on impossible events, void. It states that Contingent agreements to do or not to do anything, if an impossible event happens, are void, whether the impossibility of the event is known or not to the parties to the agreement at the time when it is made. Illustrations: (a) A agrees to pay B 1,000 rupees if two straight lines should enclose a space. The agreement is void. (b) A agrees to pay B 1,000 rupees if B will marry A’s daughter C. C was dead at the time of the agreement. The agreement is void.

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