What are the conditions need to be fulfilled to make the following agreements valid without consideration as per the provisions of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 ? (A) Agreement made based on natural love and affection (B) Promise to pay time-barred debts

i) Agreements made out of love and affection are valid agreements: A written and registered agreement based on natural love and affection between the parties standing in near relation (e.g., husband and wife) to each other is enforceable even without consideration. The various conditions to be fulfilled as per Section 25(1) of the Indian Contract Act, 1872: a) It must be made out of natural love and affection between the parties. b) Parties must stand in near relationship to each other. c) It must be in writing. d) It must also be registered under the law. Hence, the agreements made out of love and affection, without consideration, shall be valid, if the above conditions are fulfilled. ii) Promise to pay a time barred debt cannot be enforced: According to Section 25(3) of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, where a promise in writing signed by the person making it or by his authorised agent, is made to pay a debt barred by limitation is valid without consideration. Hence, this statement is not correct. Note: The above statement can be correct also on the basis of the “Discharge of Contract by Lapse of time” as per Limitation Act, 1963, and accordingly it can be mentioned that contract should be performed within a specified period as prescribed by the Limitation Act, 1963 and if no action is taken by the promisee within the specified period of limitation, he is deprived of remedy at law.