Cpt indian contract act

Cpprasad (CA Student) (125 Points)

07 January 2014  

Please explain the below definition of consideration

Why Promisor attains benefit and why promisee attains detriment/loss? According to this definition?

Definition Of Consideration :

The definition given in Curre v Misa  by Lush J

“A valuable consideration in the sense of the law may consist either in some right,interest, profit or benefit accruing to the one party,(i.e Promisor) or some forbearance,determent, loss, or responsibility given, suffered or undertaken by the other…(Promisee)”