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TMI BlogMorality AND ImmoralX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the appellant. The learned counsel attempts to draw an analogy from the Hindu Law relating to the doctrine of pious obligation of sons to discharge their father's debts and contends that what the Hindu Law considers to be immoral in that context may appropriately be applied to a case under s. 23 of the Contract Act. Neither any authority is cited nor any legal basis is suggested for importing ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t, 3rd Edn., it is stated at p. 279: "Although Lord Mansfield laid it down that a contract contra bonos mores is illegal, the law in this connection gives no extended meaning to morality, but concerns itself only with what is sexually reprehensible." In the book on the Indian Contract Act by Pollock and Mulla it is stated at p. 157: "The epithet "immoral" points, in ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... he word "Immoral" is a very comprehensive word. Ordinarily it takes in every aspect of personal conduct deviating from the standard norms of life. It may also be said that what is repugnant to good conscience is immoral. Its varying content depends upon time, place and the stage of civilization of a particular society. In short, no universal standard can be laid down and any law based on ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... policy, and, therefore, should be confined to the principles recognized and settled by Courts. Precedents confine the said concept only to sexual immorality and no case has been brought to our notice where it has been applied to any head other than sexual immorality. In the circumstances, we cannot evolve a new head so as to bring in wagers within its fold." [ASSOCIATE BUILDERS VERSUS DELHI DEVE ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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