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Pavitra is a 17 years old brilliant student and was awarded a scholarship by the Success Scholarship to pursue her degree at Excellent University Malaysia.
Pavitra is a 17 years old brilliant student and was awarded a scholarship by the Success Scholarship to pursue her degree at Excellent University Malaysia. Recently, Pavitra met Sugu, an international student from Bangladesh and they fell in love. After two months of going together, they got married and went for a honeymoon at Kashmir where Sugu brought Pavitra to see his family. Due to the trip, Pavitra failed to attend many classes and was barred from sitting for the examinations. After coming back from Kashmir, they rented a flat under Pavitra's name. In the tenancy agreement, Pavitra represented herself as 19 years old. A few months later, the landlord asked FBA/PLS2313/APR20 CONFIDENTIAL/3 them to vacate the flat and claimed that the tenancy agreement was void as Pavitra was still a minor. Meanwhile, the Success Scholarship sue Pavitra for breach of the scholarship agreement due to her failure to complete her degree. Pavitra come and seek for your advice. Support your answer with Contracts Act 1950 and decided cases (if any) on the following issues:
a) Validity of her scholarship and tenancy agreement. (10 marks)
b) THREE (3) situations that can lead to the discharged of contract. (15 marks)
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