Law3Acceptance- on the other hand acceptance is considered as unequivocal statement from which offeree agreeing to the offer. In case contract is formed through E-mails then also basic contractual requirements for making valid offer is offer and acceptance. It is necessary that sufficient grounds are present to believe the Court that parties at the time of formation of contractintent to create legal relations between them. In case of acceptance through E-mail, rule of Electronic Transactions Act 1999 applied. Section 14 of the Act states time of receipt is considered that time when E-mail actually enters in the information system of offeror. In other words, acceptance is considered at that time when mail actually enters in the mailbox of offeror. Therefore, question related to time of receipt is answered as the time of receipt in offeror’s mailbox3. Application:In the present case, contract exist between the parties because as per section 14 of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999, time of receipt of E-mail is considered as that time when E-mail enters inthe mailbox of offeror. However, it is necessary to constitute valid contract through E-mail that both offer and acceptance must be present. This can be understood through case law Stellard PtyLtd & Anor v North Queensland Fuel Pty Ltd4. In this case, Court stated that binding contract related to sale of land entered through E-mail exists between the parties of the contract. Contract in this case includes precise wording related to acceptance E-mail which state that offer was related to the contract. 3 Electronic Transactions Act 1999- Section 14. 4 Stellard Pty Ltd & Anor v North Queensland Fuel Pty Ltd [2015] QSC 119 (14/11998) Martin J 15 May 2015.

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