Indian Contract Act, 1872
10. What agreements are contracts
All agreements are contracts if they are made by the free
consent of parties competent to contract, for a lawful consideration and with a
lawful object, and are not hereby expressly declared to be void.
Nothing herein contained shall affect any law in force in 3[India],
and not hereby expressly repealed, by which any contract is required to be made
in writing or in the presence of witnesses, or any law
relating to the registration of documents.