Question

Principle: When, at the desire one person, any other person has done or abstained from doing something, such act or abstinence or promise is called a consideration for the promise.
Facts: X, the uncle of Y, made a promise to pay him an amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- as reward if Y quits smoking and drinking within one year. Y quit smoking and drinking within six months.

• A. Consideration has moved from the side of X.
• B. Consideration has moved from the side of Y.
• C. No consideration has moved from the side of Y.
• D. Quitting smoking and drinking cannot be a consideration.

Hint:

In contracts, the consideration must be something of value provided by one party to the other. Here, Y’s act of quitting smoking and drinking fulfills that role.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

The principle clearly states that consideration is the act of doing something (or abstaining from doing something) at the desire of the other party. In this case, Y quit smoking and drinking at the request of X. Y’s quitting of smoking and drinking is the consideration moving from Y for the promise made by X. The consideration is not moving from X, as it is not an act on X’s part but a request to Y that has been fulfilled.
Thus, the correct answer is (B). Option (A) is incorrect because consideration came from Y. Option (C) is incorrect because there was valid consideration. Option (D) is incorrect because quitting smoking and drinking is an acceptable consideration.