William Bluehat is the founder of Queerhatter Collective. The collective is a group of people, including his wife and daughter, who meet every Thursday to organise and watch theatre performances. Alice BlueHat, his daughter, runs PurpleBox Theatre Society - a theatre collective that regularly engages in production of theatre performances. Alice was supported by her father during the initial days of running PurpleBox both financially and morally.

On Monday, June 21, 2020 William requests Alice to engage with the Queerhatter Collective by performing plays for them on a regular basis. Alice agrees to do so, but expresses that PurpleBox has been in some recent financial trouble owing to the pandemic. She explains regular performances may be difficult because everything has gone virtual and many of their actors have left town. William pulls out his chequebook and writes PurpleBox a cheque for Rs 25 lakhs. Alice accepts the cheque and William says "See you on Thursday at Queerhatter's, I'm excited about what you have in store for us!"

Come June 23, 2020, Alice realises that she is unable to pull together a performance for Sunday owing to multiple logistical crises. She reaches out to her friends and family at Queerhatter and informs them that Thursday's performance stands cancelled as actors are not in town. The Queerhatters are are disappointed, but they decide to meet the next week.

Summer, a member of the Collective and Alice's cousin, decides to sue Alice and PurpleBox for breach.

Question:

1. Is there a valid contract between Alice and Queerhatters?

2. Assess Alice and PurpleBox's liability in this case separately.

Please justify your claims with relevant caselaw. assess the situation in light of relevant common-law and Indian law.