Legal Principle: If the object of an agreement is or becomes unlawful or immoral or opposed to public policy in the eyes of law, then the courts will not enforce such agreements. Law generally prohibits child labour.Factual Situation: P enters into an agreement with T by which P has to let his house to T for two years and T has to pay ` 20,000 per month to P as rent. T starts a child care centre in that house. But after some time in order to earn some money for the maintenance of the centre, T starts sending the children of the centre on the rotation basis to work for four hour a day in some nearby chemical and hazardous factories. When P comes to know about this new developments, he asks T either to stop the children from working in factories or to leave his house immediately. T neither agrees to leave the house not to stop the children from working in the factories. P files a suit in the court of law for appropriate relief action. (CLAT 2013)

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Each question consists of legal principle(s) (hereinafter referred to as 'principle') and facts. Such proposition may or may not be true in the real and legal sense, yet you have to conclusively assume them to be true for the purposes of this section. You have to apply the principles to the given facts to arrive at the most reasonable conclusion. Only one of the alternatives, i.e., (A), (B), (C), or (D) is the most reasonable conclusion. Remember: you must not rely on any principle except the principles that are given for every question.

Legal Principle: If the object of an agreement is or becomes unlawful or immoral or opposed to public policy in the eyes of law, then the courts will not enforce such agreements. Law generally prohibits child labour.<br>Factual Situation: P enters into an agreement with T by which P has to let his house to T for two years and T has to pay ` 20,000 per month to P as rent. T starts a child care centre in that house. But after some time in order to earn some money for the maintenance of the centre, T starts sending the children of the centre on the rotation basis to work for four hour a day in some nearby chemical and hazardous factories. When P comes to know about this new developments, he asks T either to stop the children from working in factories or to leave his house immediately. T neither agrees to leave the house not to stop the children from working in the factories. P files a suit in the court of law for appropriate relief action. (CLAT 2013)






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