Principle When a person who has made a promise to another person to do something does not fulfill hi...........

Indian Contract Act (ICA)1872 Formation of Contract

Principle: When a person who has made a promise to another person to do something does not fulfill his promise, another person becomes entitled to receive, from the person who did not fulfill his promise, compensation in the form of money.

Facts:X made a promise to Y to repair his car engine. Y made the payment for repair. After the repair, Y went for a drive in the same car. While driving the car, Y met with an accident due to bursting of the tyre.

X will be entitled to receive compensation from Y in the form of money

Y will be entitled to receive compensation from X in the form of money

X will not be entitled to receive compensation

Y will not be entitled to receive compensation from X

Explanation:

In this question, X’s promise was only for the repair of the engine of the car. By repairing the engine X fulfilled his promise.
The fact that the accident took due to the bursting of the tyre has no relation to the engine of the car.
Thus as per this question Y shall not be entitled to receive compensation from Y.
Y will not be entitled to receive compensation from X