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S JAIN SUBODH LAW COLLEGE MOOT COURT COMPETETIION

(FIRST YEAR) 3 YEAR LL. B COURSE 2021-2022

ARGUMENTS IN ADVANCE

1. Whether there was a valid acceptance of the offer made by the

plaintiff?

It is humbly submitted before the hon’ble high court that in order to convert an offer
into a convert there must be acceptance of that contract and assent is the basic
essential to constitute a contract. At the time he was tracing the boy he was not
aware of the offer and therefore had not accepted the offer which clearly doesn’t
convert the offer into a valid contract between both the parties. It was argued that
at the time he was tracing the boy, he was acting as a servant and thus fulfilling his
responsibilities and obligations which came with it and for which Mr. Rajesh
Bansal handed him Rs. 5000 to him for railway and other expenses.

According to Section 2(a) of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 defines proposal as
follows- “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.”

According to Section 2(b) of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 defines a promise as
follows- “When the person to whom the proposal is made signifies his assent
thereto, the proposal is said to be accepted. A proposal, when accepted, becomes
a promise.”

Footnote-

(1) Section 2 (a) of Indian contract act 1872.

(2) Section 2 (b) of Indian contract act 1872.

WRITTEN SUBMISSION ON THE BEHALF OF THE PETITIONER

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