Har Bhajan Lal V.

Har Charan Lal 1925(Through what media you can give a general
offer)

A boy was missing. His father published about him in pamphlets and circulated it. Har
Bhajan Lal received one of it and one day he went to railway station. He saw a boy speaking
to a Kooli and identified him and took him to the police station. In the pamphlets fatger
awarded Rs.500. When police gave telegram about his son to the father, he came to the
police station. When Har Bhajan Lal asked to give Rs.500, he (boy’s father) refused. Har
Bhajan Lal filed a case before the court against boy’s father. Court held that when an offer
comes into public and refers to public in general, even though it is hand
bill/placard/pamphlets it becomes a general offer. So, the father was made liable to pay
Rs.500.

Where a General offer is of continuing nature, as it was, it will be open for acceptance to any
number of persons until it is retracted. But where an offer requires some information as to a
missing thing it is closed as soon as the first information comes in.

Harris V. Nickerson, 1873 (Auction Sale)

Offer may be conditional (reasonable conditions). It must be notified to the acceptor in a

proper way (Ex: Terms and Conditions)

Henderson V. Stevenson, 1853 (Standard form of Contract)

Facts: ‘H’ a traveller,‘s’ owner of a ship

Ship- Dublin-whit heaven

‘H’ wanted to travel and took tickets on the face of the tickets. It was written as ‘Dublin’ to
whit heaven on the back of the ticket- we are not responsible for passengers luggage “During
the travel due to the negligence of the servant, H lost luggage. The T & C weren’t notified in
the proper way. Here, it was mentioned on the backside of ticket and there’s no indication to
look at the back.

Deference taken: It was printed in the back side of the ticket and its passenger duty to check.

Judgement: It was the duty of the ship owner to properly notify it to the passenger.

The court gave some guidelines.

1. It must be printed on the face of ticket.

2. Some implication must be made to look at the back side of the ticket.