Specific Relief Act (SRA)

Mains Notes

PART I
PRELIMINARY

Introduction : Specific Relief Act, 1963 » Law Faculty

Section 1 & 2 – Specific Relief Act, 1963 » Law Faculty

Section 3 & 4 – Specific Relief Act, 1963 » Law Faculty

PART II
SPECIFIC RELIEF
CHAPTER I
RECOVERING POSSESSION OF PROPERTY

Section 5 – Recovery of Specific Immovable Property – SRA, 1963 » (lawfaculty.in)

Section 6 – Suit by person dispossessed of immovable property – SRA, 1963 (lawfaculty.in)

Section 7 – Recovery of specific movable property – SRA, 1963 » (lawfaculty.in)

Section 8 – Liability of person in possession, not as owner, to deliver to persons entitled to immediate possession – SRA, 1963 » Law Faculty

CHAPTER II
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACTS

Section 9 – Defences respecting suits for relief based on contract – SRA, 1963 (lawfaculty.in)

CONTRACTS WHICH CANNOT BE SPECIFICALLY ENFORCED

Section 10 – Specific Performance in respect of contracts – SRA, 1963 » (lawfaculty.in)

Section 11 – Cases in which specific performance of contracts connected with trusts enforceable – SRA, 1963 (lawfaculty.in)

Section 12-Specific performance of part of contract – SRA, 1963 » (lawfaculty.in)

Section 13 – Rights of purchaser or lessee against person with no title or imperfect title – SRA, 1963 » Law Faculty

CONTRACTS WHICH CANNOT BE SPECIFICALLY ENFORCED

Section 14 – Contracts which cannot be specifically enforceable – SRA, 1963 (lawfaculty.in)

Section 14A – Power of court to engage experts, SRA, 1963 (lawfaculty.in)

PERSONS FOR OR AGAINST WHOM CONTRACTS MAY BE SPECIFICALLY ENFORCED

Section 15 – Who may obtain specific performance, SRA, 1963 (lawfaculty.in)

Section 16 – Personal bars to relief – SRA, 1963 Law Faculty

Section 17 – Contract to sell or let property by one who has no title, not specifically enforceable – SRA, 1963 » Law Faculty

18. Non-enforcement except with variation & 19. Relief against parties and persons claiming under them by subsequent title, SRA, 1963 » Law Faculty

20. Substituted performance of contract, SRA 1963 » Law Faculty

20A, 20B, 20C – Special provisions for contract relating to infrastructure project, SRA, 1963 » Law Faculty

21. Power to award compensation in certain cases, SRA 1963 » Law Faculty

SECTION 22, 23, 24, 25, Power to grant relief for possession, partition, refund of earnest money, etc. SRA 1963 » Law Faculty

CHAPTER III
RECTIFICATION OF INSTRUMENTS

Rectification of Instruments, Section 26, SRA 1963 » Law Faculty

CHAPTER IV
RESCISSION OF CONTRACTS

RESCISSION OF CONTRACTS – Section 27 SRA 1963 » Law Faculty

Section 28. Rescission in certain circumstances of contracts for the sale or lease of immovable property… S 29 & S 30 SRA 1963 » Law Faculty

CHAPTER V
CANCELLATION OF INSTRUMENTS

CANCELLATION OF INSTRUMENTS – Section 31, SRA 1963 » Law Faculty

Which instruments may be partially cancelled [Section 32] – SRA, 1963 » Law Faculty

Power to require benefit to be restored or compensation to be made when instrument is cancelled or is successfully resisted as being void or voidable.— Section 33 SRA, 1963 » Law Faculty

CHAPTER VI
DECLARATORY DECREES

DECLARATORY DECREES – Section 34, 35 – SRA, 1963 » Law Faculty

Relief of cancellation under Sections 31 and relief of declaration under 34- SRA, 1963 » Law Faculty

PART III
PREVENTIVE RELIEF
CHAPTER VII
INJUNCTIONS GENERALLY

Injunctions Generally – Section 36, SRA, 1963 » Law Faculty

CHAPTER VIII
PERPETUAL INJUNCTIONS

Section 38 – Perpetual injunction when granted, SRA, 1963 » Law Faculty

Section 39 – Mandatory injunctions, SRA, 1963 » Law Faculty

Section 40 – Damages in lieu of, or in addition to, injunction, SRA, 1963 » Law Faculty

Section 41 – Injunction when refused, SRA, 1963 » Law Faculty

Section 42 – Injunction to perform negative agreement, SRA, 1963 » Law Faculty

Anton Piller Order » Law Faculty

Mareva Injunction » Law Faculty

John Doe orders » Law Faculty

Temporary Mandatory Injunction » Law Faculty

Anti Suit Injunction » Law Faculty

Mains Questions

Mains Questions : Section 1 to 8 – SPECIFIC RELIEF ACT » Law Faculty

Mains Questions : Sections 9 to 25 – SPECIFIC RELIEF ACT » Law Faculty

Mains Questions : Sections 26 to 33 – SPECIFIC RELIEF ACT » Law Faculty

Mains Questions : Sections 34-35 – SPECIFIC RELIEF ACT » Law Faculty

Mains Questions : Sections 36 – 42 – SPECIFIC RELIEF ACT » Law Faculty