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SRA · In force

The Specific Relief Act, 1963

Specific performance and injunctions.

44 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. 0Section 0
  2. VIII — PERPETUAL INJUNCTIONS
  3. 1Short title, extent and commencement
  4. 2Definitions
  5. 3Savings
  6. 4Specific relief to be granted only for enforcing individual civil rights and not for enforcing penal laws
  7. I — RECOVERING POSSESSION OF PROPERTY
  8. 5Recovery of specific immovable property
  9. 6Suit by person dispossessed of immovable property
  10. 7Recovery of specific movable property
  11. 8Liability of person in possession, not as owner, to deliver to persons entitled to immediate possession
  12. II — SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACTS
  13. 9Defences respecting suits for relief based on contract
  14. 11Cases in which specific performance of contracts connected with trusts enforceable
  15. 12Specific performance of part of contract
  16. 13Rights of purchaser or lessee against person with no title or imperfect title
  17. 14APower of court to engage experts
  18. 15Who may obtain specific performance
  19. 16Personal bars to relief
  20. 17Contract to sell or let property by one who has no title, not specifically enforceable
  21. 18Non-enforcement except with variation
  22. 19Relief against parties and persons claiming under them by subsequent title
  23. 20ASpecial provisions for contract relating to infrastructure project
  24. 20BSpecial Courts
  25. 20CExpeditious disposal of suits
  26. 21Power to award compensation in certain cases
  27. 22Power to grant relief for possession, partition, refund of earnest money, etc
  28. 23Liquidation of damages not a bar to specific performance
  29. 24Bar of suit for compensation for breach after dismissal of suit for specific performance
  30. 25Application of preceding sections to certain awards and testamentary directions to execute settlements
  31. III — RECTIFICATION OF INSTRUMENTS
  32. 26When instrument may be rectified
  33. IV — RESCISSION OF CONTRACTS
  34. 27When rescission may be adjudged or refused
  35. 28Rescission in certain circumstances of contracts for the sale or lease of immovable property, the specific performance of which has been decreed
  36. 29Alternative prayer for rescission in suit for specific performance
  37. 30Court may require parties rescinding to do equity
  38. V — CANCELLATION OF INSTRUMENTS
  39. 31When cancellation may be ordered
  40. 32What instruments may be partially cancelled
  41. 33Power to require benefit to be restored or compensation to be made when instrument is cancelled or is successfully resisted as being void or voidable
  42. VI — DECLARATORY DECREES
  43. 34Discretion of court as to declaration of status or right
  44. 35Effect of declaration
  45. VII — INJUNCTIONS GENERALLY
  46. 36Preventive relief how granted
  47. 37Temporary and perpetual injunctions
  48. VIII — PERPETUAL INJUNCTIONS
  49. 38Perpetual injunction when granted
  50. 39Mandatory injunctions
  51. 40Damages in lieu of, or in addition to, injunction
  52. 41Injunction when refused
  53. 42Injunction to perform negative agreement