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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Specific Relief Act, 1963 Section 17

CONTRACT TO SELL OR LET PROPERTY BY ONE WHO HAS NO TITLE, NOT SPECIFICALLY ENFORCEABLE

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Specific Relief Act, 1963 Section 17 is part of Specific Relief Act, 1963 - CONTRACT TO SELL OR LET PROPERTY BY ONE WHO HAS NO TITLE, NOT SPECIFICALLY ENFORCEABLE. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1)A contract to sell or let any immovable property cannot be specifically enforced in favour of a vendor or lessor-

(a) who, knowing himself not to have any title to the property, has contracted to sell or let the property;

(b) who, though he entered into the contract believing that he had a good title to the property, cannot at the time fixed by the parties or by the court for the completion of the sale or letting, give the purchaser or lessee a title free from reasonable doubt.

(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall also apply, as far as may be, to contracts for the sale or hire of movable property.

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What does Specific Relief Act, 1963 Section 17 provide?

Section Section 17 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 (CONTRACT TO SELL OR LET PROPERTY BY ONE WHO HAS NO TITLE, NOT SPECIFICALLY ENFORCEABLE) 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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