Principle If the object of an agreement is or becomes unlawful or immoral or opposed to public ...........

Indian Contract Act (ICA)1872 Valid and Void Contracts

Principle: If the object of an agreement is or becomes unlawful or immoral or opposed to public policy in the eyes of law, then the courts will not enforce such agreements. Law generally prohibits Child labour.

Facts: P enters into an agreement with T by which P has to let his house to T for two years and T has to pay Rs. 20000.00 per month to P as rent. T starts a child care centre in that house. But after some time in order to earn some money for the maintenance of the centre, T starts sending the children of the centre on the rotation basis to work for four hour a day in some nearby chemical and hazardous factories. When P comes to know about this new development, he asks T either to stop the children from working in factories or to leave his house immediately. T neither agrees to leave the house nor to stop the children from working in the factories. P files a suit in the court of law for appropriate relief/ action

P can not succeed as the agreement was for the two years and it can not be terminated before the expiry of that period

P can not succeed as the object at the time of making of the agreement was not clear

P will succeed as the object of the agreement has become unlawful.

P will not succeed if T agrees to share the wages of the children with P

Explanation:

As per the principle the contract can be made void even subsequently when it becomes known to the parties. Here the end object of the contract was converted to running a child labour operation from the premises, hence he could request that the contract be made void. The facts are insufficient to state the object of the agreement entered between P and T. If we consider the object to be the benefit of children through a child care centre, then we can narrow down on option "3" as the answer.