Void Agreements
An agreement which is not enforceable by law is said to be a void agreement. An agreement which can be enforceable by law is said to be a contract. The Indian Contract Act, 1872, enlists the following cases as void agreements.
1) All agreements are void if considerations and objects are unlawful. The consideration or objects are unlawful, if it is forbidden by law, is fraudulent, involves injury to the person or property of another, is immoral, is against public policy or has tendency to defeat the provisions of any law.
2) An agreement without consideration is void unless it is in writing and registered and is made between closely related parties on account of natural love and affection.
3) Agreement in restraint of marriage, other than that of a minor, is void.
4) Every agreement by which any one is restrained from exercising a lawful profession, trade or business of any kind, is to that extend void.
5) Agreement by which any party is barred from enforcing his rights through legal proceedings is void.
6) When there is no certainty in the agreement, the same is void
7) Agreements by way of wager are void.
8) Contingent agreements on impossible events are void.
9) Where both the parties to an agreement are under a mistake as to a matter of fact essential to an agreement, the agreement is void.