Question

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Principle: If a person below 18 years of age obtains property or goods by misrepresenting his age, he can be compelled to restore it, but only so long as the same is in his possession.
Facts: Abdullah, aged 16 years went to a furniture shop and misrepresenting his age as 19 years and identity as the son of Zaheer Bhai, the local MLA obtained an ornate stool worth Rupees one thousand on credit and promised to pay back the amount within a week. However, he sold the stool for Rupees eight hundred. Now the shop- owner seeks to recover this amount from Abdullah in lieu of the stool.

Decide Abdullah's liability.

विकल्प

• The shop-owner can recover the sum of money from Abdullah.

• The shop-owner cannot recover the amount from Abdullah's parents.

• Abdullah cannot be compelled to restore the stool to the shop-owner.

• The shop-owner can wait till Abdullah becomes a major and then recover the amount

Answer 1

The shop-owner cannot recover the amount from Abdullah's parents.

he shopkeeper, in this case, cannot recover the amount form, Abdullah, because as per the principle the only remedy that would have been available was the recovery of the stool which as per the factual situation is not an option anymore.