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Contingent, an interest is said to be contingent if the right of enjoyment is made dependent upon some event or condition which may or may not happen. On the happening of the event or condition a contingent interest becomes a vested interest, Usha Subbarao v. B.N. Vishverswaraiah, (1996) 5 SCC 201 (208).