FROM PROTECTIVE DOCTRINE TO MODERN COMPLEXITIES: THE EVOLUTION OF MINOR’S AGREEMENT IN INDIAN CONTRACT LAW
Abstract
Mohori Bibi vs Dharmodas Ghose is a landmark in the Indian contract law on the status of the agreement of a minor.Before 1903, it remained undecided whether a minor could enter into a contract and the legal validity of a contract with a minor was purely unclear.This case gave the Privy Council an opportunity to eliminate all the doubts that had existed over the years regarding the status of the agreement of the minor.The current paper has attempted to examine the instant case in the context of the relevant clauses of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 and the Indian Majority Act, 1875 with the view to the various legal consequences and problems that remain unaddressed.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Legal principles and applications
Comparative International Legal Studies
Legal Cases and Commentary
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Science and Culture
- Volume
- 92
- Issue
- January-February
- Pages
- 160–162
- Publication date
- 9 February 2026
- Language
- EN