Principle When one person signifies to another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anythi...........

Indian Contract Act (ICA)1872 Valid and Void Contracts

Principle: When one person signifies to another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything. with a view to obtaining the assent of that other to such act or abstinence, he is said to make a proposal. The expression of willingness/desire results in a valid proposal only when it is made/addressed to some person(‘s).

Facts: ‘X’ makes the following statement in an uninhabited hall: “I wish to sell my mobile phone

for Rs l,000.” Which of the following, derivations is CORRECT?

‘X’ made a statement that resulted in a promise.

Made a statement that resulted in a proposal.

‘X’ made a statement that did not result in any proposal.

Made a statement that resulted in an agreement.

Explanation:

The principle requires that a proposal must be made by “one person” to “another”.
Since the hall was uninhabited and thus no proposal could have been made.
Hence, option 3 is the correct answer.