Indian Contract Act : Agreement contingent on impossible events void Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Contract Act,1872

Act No : 9

Section : Agreement contingent on impossible events void

36.Agreement contingent on impossible events void.-Contingent agreements to do or not to do anything, if an impossible event happens, are void, whether the impossibility of the event is known ornot to the parties to the agreement at the time when it is made. Illustrations (a) A agrees to pay B 1,000 rupees if two straight lines shouldenclose a space. The agreement is void. (b) A agrees to pay B 1,000 rupees if B will marry A's daughterC. C was dead at the time of the agreement. The agreement is void.