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business law cases and contract
Amity Global Business School MBA II sem Business Law Module 2
Business Law:Caselets
1. A, who owns two houses one in J C Nagar, and another in J P Nagar is selling his house in J C Nagar to B. Mr B thinks that he is purchasing A’s house at J P Nagar. 2. Your father agrees to pay a pocket money of Rs6000/- per month till you study MBA in JP Nagar, Bangalore. After sending the pocket money of Rs6000/- for 3 months, he reduces the pocket money to Rs2000/ per month. Can you legally recover the amount from your father? 3. A husband promised to pay Rs5000/ a month to his totally dependent wife (housewife) for her exclusive use. After six months the couple got separated and the husband fails to pay. The wife goes to a court of law for enforcing the claim. 4. A clause in an agency agreement was “…..this agreement is not entered into as a formal or legal agreement but this agreement stands.” Is the agreement a contract? 5. A agrees to sell 100 bottles of perfumes. Whether the agreement is enforceable? 6. A company agreed with you to consider your application for a job after the expiration of 6 months. Is the agreement is enforceable? 7. A agrees to sell his jeep on hire purchase terms and the hire purchase price to be paid over two years. Is the agreeement enforceable? 8. A makes a WILL bequeathing all his property in favour of a hospital. On A’s death his wife files an injunction against passing on the property to the hospital. The WILL is the last one duly registered with the registrar of assurances. Will the hospital authorities succeed? 9. A was threatened to sell his car for Rs 50,000 to B. What is the position of the contract of sale. 10. A took a loan of Rs2 lakh from Mr B on 22-07-2003 with an agreement to pay Rs10000 a month. A has repaid Rs20,000 and defaulted further instalments. Can B recover the amount now i.e, on 25-07-2007. A has agreed to sign an acceptance letter that he had taken loan on 22-07-2003. Alternatively, A has paid Rs10000 on 23-06-2003 in addition to Rs20000 already paid by him. This payment of Rs10000/- was paid by Mr A by way of a crossed cheque along with a cover letter duly signed by him. Whether B has got the right to recover the balance amount? 11. Municipal authorities have permitted you to cut an infested tree in front of your house. You have requested the municipal authorities themselves to arrange for cutting the tree. The municipal authorities cut the tree and sends you a bill of Rs2800/-. Are you bound to pay?
12. You found a gold chain and a dollar in front of your college. On enquiring with all the students in the college you get no claim. Can you keep the chain for yourself? 13. Your brother’s marriage is fixed on 25-07-2007 and you have invited a long time friend. Your brother’s marriage on 25-07-07 gets deferred on account of certain unfortunate events at your house. Your friend on 25-07-07 did come to the marriage hall by flight from the other city and by engaging citi taxi. He now claims a compensation for the undue expenses incurred by him. Is his claim enforceable? 14. A invites his friend B to share the booty of an extortion. A is not available at the appointed time. Further a refused to share the amount. Can B enforce the promise 15. A stranger comes and cleans the dirt and dust in front of your house. You chose to be a silent spectator and not prevent him from doing the work. Are you liable for the work done by the stranger. 16. Mr Lokesh finds a purse belonging to Ms Meenakshi. Ms Meenakshi promises to give Rs25,000/- to Mr Lokesh. Is this promise enforceable? 17. Mr Lokanath took a loan from Vijaya Bank on 1st July 2002 and has become a defaulter. He has today executed a promissory note promising to pay the bank loan taken by him 5 years ago even though he had not renewed the loan documents. Is the promise note enforceable? 18. Mr Kaushik promises to pay Rs10,000 to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. He does not pay. Can the promise be enforced. 19. Mr A promises to pay Rs1 lakh on or before Sep 2006 for repairs of an old temple. The trustee of the temple believes Mr A who is a long time devotee and commences the work in August 2006. Later Mr backs out. Can the trustee recover the money. 20. While Mr Rajaneesh has gone on a personal tour, the roof of house partly collapsed on account of heavy rains. Mr Siddarth, his neighbour spent some amount for repairs which were immediately necessary. Mr Rajaneesh on his return promises MR Siddarth Rs25000/-. Can Mr Siddarth recover the money? 21. Mr Abhijit Jain is in bad need of money and sells his motor cycle to John Prem for Rs500/-. Later on, Abhijit jain seeks to set aside the contract of sale of vehicle and even promises to pay back Rs2000/- to Mr John Prem. Is John Prem bound to oblige Mr Abhijit? 22. Mr Prasad, a minor obtained Rs50,000/- from a money lender against the mortgage of his property. Subsequently on attaining the majority the minor sued the money lender for setting aside the mortgage stating that he was underaged. Could Mr Prasad succed? 23. Mr Partha, a minor shopkeeper sold some goods on credit to Mr Nagaraja, a major. Nagaraja refuses to pay the money. Can Partha sue Mr Nagaraja in a court of law and recover the money?
24. Mr Kapil Dev agreed to be a cricket coach to Mr Rajesh, a minor who agreed to pay Rs1 lakh. Mr Kapil Dev devoted time and energy and trained Mr Rajesh. Is Mr Rajesh liable? 25. Mr Kurshid, a minor falsely representing to be a major, enters into an agreement to sell his property to Mr Habib for Rs10 lakhs and receives an advance of Rs3 lakhs. He purchases a second hand car for Rs2.50lakh from this advance amount and spends Rs50,000 on a pleasure trip. Mr Habib forces Mr Kurshid on 25th July 2007, two days after Mr Kurshid attaining the majority to execute the sale of the property. Could Mr habib succeed?
26. Mr Sharukh threatens his parents that he would commit suicide if his parents does not give him Rs2 lakh. The parents agree to pay Rs2 lakh within 10 days. Is the promise enforceable
27. Mr Pramod Pujari induced his devotee to gift him the whole of his property in return of a promise of a salvation of the devotee. Is the devotee bound to gift. 28. Mr A says to B: If you say that the title documents are correct, I shall accept. Mr B remains silent but takes advance for selling his house. It turns out that the documents are fake which A was aware of.
29. Mr Ajay kumar had agreed to hire a room for witnessing the Sahitya Sammelan between 1st July to 30 th July 2007. The Sahitya Sammelan gets cancelled. What is the position? 30. Ms Sharada fraudulently claims that he is the wife of a State minister and obtains two gold ornaments on credit on the pretext that she would buy them. She sold those ornaments to Mr X, a third person. State whether the jeweller recover the ornaments from that third person? 31. Mr Sanjay threatens to commit suicide if his wife would not take a PF Loan for Rs80,000/- and give it to him. Is his wife bound to give the money? 32. Mr Abhayaram promises to pay Rs15lakh to his wife to enable her to obtain divorce. Is the agreement enforceable if the wife applies for divorce and gives her consent? 33. Mr Bhagwan agreed to pay Rs5 lakh to Ms Bhagya if he married anyone else. Mr Bhagwan later married Bhavya. Can Bhagya recover the money? 34. A agrees to pay B Rs2 lakh if Mr Sachin comes back to cricket. Sachin comes to play but A refuses to pay. Is A in order? 35. A promises to pay Rs 4 lakh to B if B marries Z. Z dies before marrying B. B claims the amount from A. Can he succeed? 36. Miss Aishwarya who is 17 years old and Mr Abhishek Kumar shukla who is 28 years old agree to marry each other. Is the contract of marriage valid?
37. Mr Allwyn engages Mr Pratap for cleaning the surroundings of his house and agree to pay such remuneration as is fixed by a third party Mr Sridhar. Is this a valid contract if Mr Sridhar fixed the remuneration? Does your answer differ if Mr Sridhar does not fix the remuneration? 38. Ms Sharanya mows Pranesh’s lawn without being asked by Pranesh. Pranesh watches the mowing but does not stop her. Is Mr Pranesh bound to pay a reasonable remuneration? 39. Mr Kandaswamy promises to pay Rs1 lakh to Mr Narayanan to hit Mr Kumar by his vehicle. Mr Narayanan hits Mr Kumar. Kandaswamy fails to pay stating that the original contract itself is illegal. Can Mr Narayanan succeed if he files a case in a court of law? 40. Trendz Cars Company displays 50 used cars of different brands in its used car show room. The company also releases an advertisement re: special discount to those who purchase the car within the next 7 days. Is this an offer? 41. Mr Prasad advertises in a newspaper dated 25-10-2008 that he would pay Rs1lakh to the first person who starts a bicycle race from Bangalore to Mysore on 1st November and reaches back Bangalore by the same bicycle on 3rd November. Mr Pratik who sees this advertisement starts off on 1st November. Mr Prasad releases a second advertisement on 2nd November 2008 stating that the offer of the prize is withdrawn. Mr Pratik reaches Bangalore on 3rd November as per the original terms. Can Mr Pratik recover the prize money from Mr Prasad. 42. Mr Rajiv applied for a job in a software company. The Assistant HR Manager Mr Avanish has privately informed that Mr Rajiv is selected. However, Mr Rajiv receives a regret letter from the company on its letterhead. Can Rajiv succeed in getting a job? 43. Mr Santosh with the help of a few persons puts down a fire in the house of Mr Ramoji who was away on an international tour. Mr Santosh had to break open the lock of the house. Mr Santosh spent about Rs5000/- on the job. Mr Ramoji instead of paying the amount of Rs5000/- accuses Mr Santosh of breaking his house lock. Is Mr Ramoji bound to pay Rs5000/44. Mr Rajaram is due Rs50,000 to Mr Raghuram . The amount was borrowed in the year 2003. Now on 26-11-2008, he executes a promissory note for Rs25000/- in lieu of the old debt of Rs 50000/-. Can Mr Raghuram recover Rs50,000/-
45. Ms Sreekala fraudulently represented to Akash Jewellers that she was the wife of Lions Club President Sriram and thus obtained two golden necklaces worth Rs2.50lakh on credit. She sold those necklaces to Ms Ravikala. Can Akash Jewellers recover the necklaces from RAvikala. 46. Mr Rajiv, a Project Leader in an IT Company was persuaded by a foreign Bank to take a personal loan of Rs5lakh @20% p.a. rate of interest. The Bank was explaining to Rajiv that the bank offers him the loan even in an economic downturn. Rajiv accepts the personal loan on this rate of interest. Within one month the ROI on the personal loans
came down to 17% p.a. even in the said bank. Rajiv pleads undue influence. Will Rajiv succeed? 47. Mr Mohandas, a chartered accountant who was practicing represented to Mr Ramdas that his practice was worth Rs1crore a year. Four months later when Ramdas bought the firm he came to know that the practice has considerably gone down on account of the prolonged illness of Mohandas and Mr Mohandas could not complete the tax formalities of the top 15 clients. Mr Mohandas did not disclose this fact. Can Mr Ramdas avoid the contract?
48. Mr Bhojaraj let out the ground floor of his house to Mr Prithviraj who used a part of the ground floor for residential purpose and partly for storing RDX and other explosives. Mr Prithviraj never allowed Mr Bhojaraj to enter the house after he took possession. After investigating into the reasons for not allowing him inside the house, Mr Bhojaraj came to know the illegal purpose. He remained silent for one more year. The tenant stopped paying rent. Will Mr Bhojaraj recover the arrears of rent. 49. Mr Chandraj gives money to Ms Sukhala to enable to get divorce from her husband and then marry him (i.e, Mr Chanraj). Ms Sukhala divorces her husband using the money but marries somebody else and Mr Chanraj. Can Mr Chanraj force Sukhala to repay the money or claim damages as she has already married another person?
50. Mr Rajaram promised to Mr Raghuram a medical seat in consideration of payment of Rs10 lakh. Mr Raghuram paid an advance of Rs5 lakh and obtains a medical seat. ON obtaining he refuses to pay the balance. Can Mr Rajaram recover the money?
51. Mr X a gold medalist in Architecture joined a firm of Architects (as an employee) which imposed a condition that for the next two years he should not practice on his own within a radius of 10 kms from the firm. Within 2 months Mr X started practicing in his residence which is just 2 kms from the firm. The Firm of Architects filed a case claiming damages of Rs 50 lakhs. Will the firm succeed?
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business law cases and contract
Amity Global Business School MBA II sem Business Law Module 2
Business Law:Caselets
1. A, who owns two houses one in J C Nagar, and another in J P Nagar is selling his house in J C Nagar to B. Mr B thinks that he is purchasing A’s house at J P Nagar. 2. Your father agrees to pay a pocket money of Rs6000/- per month till you study MBA in JP Nagar, Bangalore. After sending the pocket money of Rs6000/- for 3 months, he reduces the pocket money to Rs2000/ per month. Can you legally recover the amount from your father? 3. A husband promised to pay Rs5000/ a month to his totally dependent wife (housewife) for her exclusive use. After six months the couple got separated and the husband fails to pay. The wife goes to a court of law for enforcing the claim. 4. A clause in an agency agreement was “…..this agreement is not entered into as a formal or legal agreement but this agreement stands.” Is the agreement a contract? 5. A agrees to sell 100 bottles of perfumes. Whether the agreement is enforceable? 6. A company agreed with you to consider your application for a job after the expiration of 6 months. Is the agreement is enforceable? 7. A agrees to sell his jeep on hire purchase terms and the hire purchase price to be paid over two years. Is the agreeement enforceable? 8. A makes a WILL bequeathing all his property in favour of a hospital. On A’s death his wife files an injunction against passing on the property to the hospital. The WILL is the last one duly registered with the registrar of assurances. Will the hospital authorities succeed? 9. A was threatened to sell his car for Rs 50,000 to B. What is the position of the contract of sale. 10. A took a loan of Rs2 lakh from Mr B on 22-07-2003 with an agreement to pay Rs10000 a month. A has repaid Rs20,000 and defaulted further instalments. Can B recover the amount now i.e, on 25-07-2007. A has agreed to sign an acceptance letter that he had taken loan on 22-07-2003. Alternatively, A has paid Rs10000 on 23-06-2003 in addition to Rs20000 already paid by him. This payment of Rs10000/- was paid by Mr A by way of a crossed cheque along with a cover letter duly signed by him. Whether B has got the right to recover the balance amount? 11. Municipal authorities have permitted you to cut an infested tree in front of your house. You have requested the municipal authorities themselves to arrange for cutting the tree. The municipal authorities cut the tree and sends you a bill of Rs2800/-. Are you bound to pay?
12. You found a gold chain and a dollar in front of your college. On enquiring with all the students in the college you get no claim. Can you keep the chain for yourself? 13. Your brother’s marriage is fixed on 25-07-2007 and you have invited a long time friend. Your brother’s marriage on 25-07-07 gets deferred on account of certain unfortunate events at your house. Your friend on 25-07-07 did come to the marriage hall by flight from the other city and by engaging citi taxi. He now claims a compensation for the undue expenses incurred by him. Is his claim enforceable? 14. A invites his friend B to share the booty of an extortion. A is not available at the appointed time. Further a refused to share the amount. Can B enforce the promise 15. A stranger comes and cleans the dirt and dust in front of your house. You chose to be a silent spectator and not prevent him from doing the work. Are you liable for the work done by the stranger. 16. Mr Lokesh finds a purse belonging to Ms Meenakshi. Ms Meenakshi promises to give Rs25,000/- to Mr Lokesh. Is this promise enforceable? 17. Mr Lokanath took a loan from Vijaya Bank on 1st July 2002 and has become a defaulter. He has today executed a promissory note promising to pay the bank loan taken by him 5 years ago even though he had not renewed the loan documents. Is the promise note enforceable? 18. Mr Kaushik promises to pay Rs10,000 to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. He does not pay. Can the promise be enforced. 19. Mr A promises to pay Rs1 lakh on or before Sep 2006 for repairs of an old temple. The trustee of the temple believes Mr A who is a long time devotee and commences the work in August 2006. Later Mr backs out. Can the trustee recover the money. 20. While Mr Rajaneesh has gone on a personal tour, the roof of house partly collapsed on account of heavy rains. Mr Siddarth, his neighbour spent some amount for repairs which were immediately necessary. Mr Rajaneesh on his return promises MR Siddarth Rs25000/-. Can Mr Siddarth recover the money? 21. Mr Abhijit Jain is in bad need of money and sells his motor cycle to John Prem for Rs500/-. Later on, Abhijit jain seeks to set aside the contract of sale of vehicle and even promises to pay back Rs2000/- to Mr John Prem. Is John Prem bound to oblige Mr Abhijit? 22. Mr Prasad, a minor obtained Rs50,000/- from a money lender against the mortgage of his property. Subsequently on attaining the majority the minor sued the money lender for setting aside the mortgage stating that he was underaged. Could Mr Prasad succed? 23. Mr Partha, a minor shopkeeper sold some goods on credit to Mr Nagaraja, a major. Nagaraja refuses to pay the money. Can Partha sue Mr Nagaraja in a court of law and recover the money?
24. Mr Kapil Dev agreed to be a cricket coach to Mr Rajesh, a minor who agreed to pay Rs1 lakh. Mr Kapil Dev devoted time and energy and trained Mr Rajesh. Is Mr Rajesh liable? 25. Mr Kurshid, a minor falsely representing to be a major, enters into an agreement to sell his property to Mr Habib for Rs10 lakhs and receives an advance of Rs3 lakhs. He purchases a second hand car for Rs2.50lakh from this advance amount and spends Rs50,000 on a pleasure trip. Mr Habib forces Mr Kurshid on 25th July 2007, two days after Mr Kurshid attaining the majority to execute the sale of the property. Could Mr habib succeed?
26. Mr Sharukh threatens his parents that he would commit suicide if his parents does not give him Rs2 lakh. The parents agree to pay Rs2 lakh within 10 days. Is the promise enforceable
27. Mr Pramod Pujari induced his devotee to gift him the whole of his property in return of a promise of a salvation of the devotee. Is the devotee bound to gift. 28. Mr A says to B: If you say that the title documents are correct, I shall accept. Mr B remains silent but takes advance for selling his house. It turns out that the documents are fake which A was aware of.
29. Mr Ajay kumar had agreed to hire a room for witnessing the Sahitya Sammelan between 1st July to 30 th July 2007. The Sahitya Sammelan gets cancelled. What is the position? 30. Ms Sharada fraudulently claims that he is the wife of a State minister and obtains two gold ornaments on credit on the pretext that she would buy them. She sold those ornaments to Mr X, a third person. State whether the jeweller recover the ornaments from that third person? 31. Mr Sanjay threatens to commit suicide if his wife would not take a PF Loan for Rs80,000/- and give it to him. Is his wife bound to give the money? 32. Mr Abhayaram promises to pay Rs15lakh to his wife to enable her to obtain divorce. Is the agreement enforceable if the wife applies for divorce and gives her consent? 33. Mr Bhagwan agreed to pay Rs5 lakh to Ms Bhagya if he married anyone else. Mr Bhagwan later married Bhavya. Can Bhagya recover the money? 34. A agrees to pay B Rs2 lakh if Mr Sachin comes back to cricket. Sachin comes to play but A refuses to pay. Is A in order? 35. A promises to pay Rs 4 lakh to B if B marries Z. Z dies before marrying B. B claims the amount from A. Can he succeed? 36. Miss Aishwarya who is 17 years old and Mr Abhishek Kumar shukla who is 28 years old agree to marry each other. Is the contract of marriage valid?
37. Mr Allwyn engages Mr Pratap for cleaning the surroundings of his house and agree to pay such remuneration as is fixed by a third party Mr Sridhar. Is this a valid contract if Mr Sridhar fixed the remuneration? Does your answer differ if Mr Sridhar does not fix the remuneration? 38. Ms Sharanya mows Pranesh’s lawn without being asked by Pranesh. Pranesh watches the mowing but does not stop her. Is Mr Pranesh bound to pay a reasonable remuneration? 39. Mr Kandaswamy promises to pay Rs1 lakh to Mr Narayanan to hit Mr Kumar by his vehicle. Mr Narayanan hits Mr Kumar. Kandaswamy fails to pay stating that the original contract itself is illegal. Can Mr Narayanan succeed if he files a case in a court of law? 40. Trendz Cars Company displays 50 used cars of different brands in its used car show room. The company also releases an advertisement re: special discount to those who purchase the car within the next 7 days. Is this an offer? 41. Mr Prasad advertises in a newspaper dated 25-10-2008 that he would pay Rs1lakh to the first person who starts a bicycle race from Bangalore to Mysore on 1st November and reaches back Bangalore by the same bicycle on 3rd November. Mr Pratik who sees this advertisement starts off on 1st November. Mr Prasad releases a second advertisement on 2nd November 2008 stating that the offer of the prize is withdrawn. Mr Pratik reaches Bangalore on 3rd November as per the original terms. Can Mr Pratik recover the prize money from Mr Prasad. 42. Mr Rajiv applied for a job in a software company. The Assistant HR Manager Mr Avanish has privately informed that Mr Rajiv is selected. However, Mr Rajiv receives a regret letter from the company on its letterhead. Can Rajiv succeed in getting a job? 43. Mr Santosh with the help of a few persons puts down a fire in the house of Mr Ramoji who was away on an international tour. Mr Santosh had to break open the lock of the house. Mr Santosh spent about Rs5000/- on the job. Mr Ramoji instead of paying the amount of Rs5000/- accuses Mr Santosh of breaking his house lock. Is Mr Ramoji bound to pay Rs5000/44. Mr Rajaram is due Rs50,000 to Mr Raghuram . The amount was borrowed in the year 2003. Now on 26-11-2008, he executes a promissory note for Rs25000/- in lieu of the old debt of Rs 50000/-. Can Mr Raghuram recover Rs50,000/-
45. Ms Sreekala fraudulently represented to Akash Jewellers that she was the wife of Lions Club President Sriram and thus obtained two golden necklaces worth Rs2.50lakh on credit. She sold those necklaces to Ms Ravikala. Can Akash Jewellers recover the necklaces from RAvikala. 46. Mr Rajiv, a Project Leader in an IT Company was persuaded by a foreign Bank to take a personal loan of Rs5lakh @20% p.a. rate of interest. The Bank was explaining to Rajiv that the bank offers him the loan even in an economic downturn. Rajiv accepts the personal loan on this rate of interest. Within one month the ROI on the personal loans
came down to 17% p.a. even in the said bank. Rajiv pleads undue influence. Will Rajiv succeed? 47. Mr Mohandas, a chartered accountant who was practicing represented to Mr Ramdas that his practice was worth Rs1crore a year. Four months later when Ramdas bought the firm he came to know that the practice has considerably gone down on account of the prolonged illness of Mohandas and Mr Mohandas could not complete the tax formalities of the top 15 clients. Mr Mohandas did not disclose this fact. Can Mr Ramdas avoid the contract?
48. Mr Bhojaraj let out the ground floor of his house to Mr Prithviraj who used a part of the ground floor for residential purpose and partly for storing RDX and other explosives. Mr Prithviraj never allowed Mr Bhojaraj to enter the house after he took possession. After investigating into the reasons for not allowing him inside the house, Mr Bhojaraj came to know the illegal purpose. He remained silent for one more year. The tenant stopped paying rent. Will Mr Bhojaraj recover the arrears of rent. 49. Mr Chandraj gives money to Ms Sukhala to enable to get divorce from her husband and then marry him (i.e, Mr Chanraj). Ms Sukhala divorces her husband using the money but marries somebody else and Mr Chanraj. Can Mr Chanraj force Sukhala to repay the money or claim damages as she has already married another person?
50. Mr Rajaram promised to Mr Raghuram a medical seat in consideration of payment of Rs10 lakh. Mr Raghuram paid an advance of Rs5 lakh and obtains a medical seat. ON obtaining he refuses to pay the balance. Can Mr Rajaram recover the money?
51. Mr X a gold medalist in Architecture joined a firm of Architects (as an employee) which imposed a condition that for the next two years he should not practice on his own within a radius of 10 kms from the firm. Within 2 months Mr X started practicing in his residence which is just 2 kms from the firm. The Firm of Architects filed a case claiming damages of Rs 50 lakhs. Will the firm succeed?
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