Section 21 of Specific Relief Act
Power to award compensation in certain cases.— (1) In a suit for specific performance of a contract, the plaintiff may also claim compensation for its breach in addition to such performance. (2) If, in any…
Section 22 of Specific Relief Act
Power to grant relief for possession, partition, refund of earnest money, etc.— (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Code of Civil Procedure,1908 (5 of 1908), any person suing for the specific performance…
Section 23 of Specific Relief Act
Liquidation of damages not a bar to specific performance.— (1) A contract, otherwise proper to be specifically enforced, may be so enforced, though a sum be named in it as the amount to be paid…
Section 24 of Specific Relief Act
Bar of suit for compensation for breach after dismissal of suit for specific performance.— The dismissal of a suit for specific performance of a contract or part thereof shall bar the plaintiff’s right to sue…
Section 25 of Specific Relief Act
Application of preceding sections to certain awards and testamentary directions to execute settlements.— The provisions of this Chapter as to contracts shall apply to awards to which the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (26 of…
Section 26 of Specific Relief Act
When instrument may be rectified.— (1) When, through fraud or a mutual mistake of the parties, a contract or other instrument in writing not being the articles of association of a company to which the…
Section 27 of Specific Relief Act
When rescission may be adjudged or refused.— (1) Any person interested in a contract may sue to have it rescinded, and such rescission may be adjudged by the court in any of the following cases,…
Section 28 of Specific Relief Act
Rescission in certain circumstances of contracts for the sale or lease of immovable property, the specific performance of which has been decreed.— (1) Where in any suit a decree for specific performance of a contract…
Section 29 of Specific Relief Act
Alternative prayer for rescission in suit for specific performance.— A plaintiff instituting a suit for the specific performance of a contract in writing may pray in the alternative that, if the contract cannot be specifically…