Economics · Legal Aspects of Business
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) based on the legal principles of the Indian Contract Act: Assertion (A): A gentleman died leaving a young widow. The relatives of the deceased threatened the widow to adopt a boy, otherwise they would not allow her to remove the dead body of her husband for cremation. The widow adopted the boy. Reason (R): The widow subsequently cancelled the adoption. The court held her consent was not free due to coercion. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
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- 1(A) is not correct but (R) is correct
- 2(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
- 3Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
- 4Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)✓
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Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
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