2. Section 2 (j) states as follows: “A contract
which ceases to be enforceable by law
becomes void when it ceases to be
enforceable.
Thus a void contract is one which cannot
be enforced by a court of law.
3.
4. Any trading or business activity with a
person who owes allegiance to a
Government of a country with whom
India is at war without any license from
Government of India is VOID.
This is because such a trade would be
against the interest of Government of
India and people of India.
5. Any agreement to stifle or prevent
illegally any prosecution is void as it
would amount to abuse of justice.
6. Champerty is bargain whereby one
party agrees to assist the other in
recovering property with a view to
sharing the profit of litigation.
Maintenance is promotion of litigation in
which the litigant has no interest.
7. While appointing a person to certain
important and high public office, merit
alone should be the criteria.
Any attempt to influence or any
agreement to influence anyone in this
regard should be seen as an act
‘opposed to public policy’.
8.
9. Every agreement in restraint of marriage
of any person other than a minor, is void.
If a person, being a major, agrees for
good consideration not to marry, the
promise is not binding.
10. An agreement to negotiate a marriage
for reward is void.
Such marriage brokerage contracts are
opposed to public policy.
11. An agreement in restraint of legal
proceedings resulting in restriction of
one’s right to enforce legal rights is void.
12. Any agreement with the object of
inducing a judicial officer or
administrative officer of the state to act
corruptly or not impartially is void.
Example- A agrees to reward B if he
abstains from being a witness in a suit
against A is void.
13. Any agreement through which a person
is restrained from exercising a lawful
profession, trade or business of any kind is
to that extent void.
The object of this law is to protect trade.
14. It involves payment of a sum of money
upon the determination of an uncertain
event.
Example- A agrees to pay Rs 500 to B if it
rains and similarly B agrees to pay A if it
does not.
