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CONTRACTS WHICH CANNOT BE SPECIFICALLY ENFORCED Section 14 of Specific Relief Act (Updated) Contracts not specifically enforceable. The following contracts cannot be specifically enforced, namely-Read More →

PERSONS FOR OR AGAINST WHOM CONTRACTS MAY BE SPECIFICALLY ENFORCED 15. Who may obtain specific performance. Except as otherwise provided by this Chapter, the specificRead More →

Section 16 of Specific Relief Act. (Updated) Personal bars to relief. Specific performance of a contract cannot be enforced in favour of a person- (a)*Read More →

17. Contract to sell or let property by one who has no title, not specifically enforceable. (1) A contract to sell or let any immovableRead More →

18. Non-enforcement except with variation. Where a plaintiff seeks specific performance of a contract in writing, to which the defendant sets up a variation, theRead More →

Section 19 of Specific Relief Act. (Updated) Relief against parties and persons claiming under them by subsequent title. Except as otherwise provided by this Chapter,Read More →

Section 20B Specific Relief Act Special Courts. The State Government, in consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court, shall designate, by notification publishedRead More →

Substituted performance of contracts, etc. Section 20 of Specific Relief Act (Updated) Substituted performance of contract. (1) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisionsRead More →

Section 21 Specific Relief Act (Updated) Power to award compensation in certain cases. (1) In a suit for specific performance of a contract, the plaintiffRead More →

22. Power to grant relief for possession, partition, refund of earnest money, etc. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Code of CivilRead More →

Section 20C Specific Relief Act Expeditious disposal of suits. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), a suit filedRead More →

Section 20A Specific Relief Act Special provisions for contract relating to infrastructure project. (1) No injunction shall be granted by a court in a suitRead More →

23. Liquidation of damages not a bar to specific performance. (1) A contract, otherwise proper to be specifically enforced, may be so enforced, though aRead More →

24. Bar of suit for compensation for breach after dismissal of suit for specific performance. The dismissal of a suit for specific performance of aRead More →

ENFORCEMENT OF AWARDS AND DIRECTIONS TO EXECUTE SETTLEMENTS 25. Application of preceding sections to certain awards and testamentary directions to execute settlements. The provisions ofRead More →

CHAPTER III – RECTIFICATION OF INSTRUMENTS 26. When instrument may be rectified. (1) When, through fraud or a mutual mistake of the parties, a contractRead More →