Suit for Specific Performance

Recently, the Supreme Court set aside the decree passed in a civil suit for specific performance filed in 1999 for the enforcement of an agreement to sell executed in 1986.

About Specific Performance

  • Specific Performance is an equitable remedy that obliges one party to carry out, to the greatest extent possible, the obligations stipulated in the contract.
  • It is typically used in cases where monetary damages are not considered an adequate remedy for the aggrieved party.
  • It is dealt with under Specific Relief Act (SRA), 1963.
  • Section 10 of SRA deals with the specific performance in respect of contracts. It states that the ....
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