Legal Principle: An agreement is void if its object is unlawful. Factual Situation: Sunil has a rich uncle who owned prime property in Chennai and had lot of money in the bank. Being the only heir, Sunil was sure that he would inherit the property. One day, the uncle called him to his room and announced that he planned to marry again. This angered Sunil and he plans to murder his uncle so he hired Anuj, a murderer and entered into a contract with him to kill his uncle. Sunil agreed to pay 10 lakhs to Anuj and even paid 5 lakhs as advance. The following night, Anuj entered the uncle’s house intending to kill him. On reaching there, he realized that Sunil’s uncle was already dead so he left without doing anything. Next day, after post mortem report, it transpired that Sunil’s uncle had died due to heart attack. Now, Sunil wants to recover the advance from Anuj. Will he succeed? Decision:

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Legal Principle: An agreement is void if its object is unlawful. Factual Situation: Sunil has a rich uncle who owned prime property in Chennai and had lot of money in the bank. Being the only heir, Sunil was sure that he would inherit the property. One day, the uncle called him to his room and announced that he planned to marry again. This angered Sunil and he plans to murder his uncle so he hired Anuj, a murderer and entered into a contract with him to kill his uncle. Sunil agreed to pay 10 lakhs to Anuj and even paid 5 lakhs as advance. The following night, Anuj entered the uncle’s house intending to kill him. On reaching there, he realized that Sunil’s uncle was already dead so he left without doing anything. Next day, after post mortem report, it transpired that Sunil’s uncle had died due to heart attack. Now, Sunil wants to recover the advance from Anuj. Will he succeed? Decision:






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