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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Specific Relief Act, 1963 Section 15

WHO MAY OBTAIN SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE Except as otherwise provided by this Chapter, the specific performance of a

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Specific Relief Act, 1963 Section 15 is part of Specific Relief Act, 1963 - WHO MAY OBTAIN SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE Except as otherwise provided by this Chapter, the specific performance of a. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) any party thereto;

(b) the representative in interest or the principal, of any party thereto :

Provided that where the learning, skill, solvency or any personal quality of such party is a material ingredient in the contract, or where the contract provides that his interest shall not be assigned, his representative in interest or his principal shall not be entitled to specific performance of the contract, unless such party has already performed his part of the contract, or the performance thereof by his representative in interest, or his principal, has been accepted by the other party;

(c) where the contract is a settlement on marriage, or a compromise of doubtful rights between members of the same family, any person beneficially entitled there under;

(d) where the contract has been entered into by a tenant for life in due exercise of a power, the remainder man;

(e) a reversioner in possession, where the agreement is a covenant entered into with his predecessor in title and the reversioner is entitled to the benefit of such covenant;

(f) a reversioner in remainder, where the agreement is such a covenant, and the reversioner is entitled to the benefit thereof and will sustain material injury by reason of its breach;

(g) when a company has entered into a contract and subsequently becomes amalgamated with another company, the new company which arises out of the amalgamation;

(h) when the promoters of a company have, before its incorporation, entered into a contract for the purposes of the company, and such contract is warranted by the terms of the incorporation, the company:

Provided that the company has accepted the contract and has communicated such acceptance to the other party to the contract.

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What does Specific Relief Act, 1963 Section 15 provide?

Section Section 15 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 (WHO MAY OBTAIN SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE Except as otherwise provided by this Chapter, the specific performance of a) is reproduced on this page as part of the Specific Relief Act, 1963. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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