Specific Relief Act, 1963

Specific Relief Act, 1963

The Specific Relief Act of 1963 is an Act that offers remedies for individuals whose civil or contractual rights have been infringed. It replaced an earlier Act from 1877. A court may provide the following types of remedies under the provisions of the Specific Relief Act:

• Recovery of possession of property
• Contract specific performance
• Instrument rectification
• Rescission of contracts
• Cancellation of Instruments
• Declaratory decrees
• Injunction

We have provided the detailed notes for competitive exams. You can click the links given below for the notes.

• Introduction : Specific Relief Act, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 1 & 2 – Specific Relief Act, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 3 & 4 – Specific Relief Act, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 5 – Recovery of Specific Immovable Property – SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 6 – Suit by person dispossessed of immovable property – SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 7 – Recovery of specific movable property – SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 8 – Liability of person in possession, not as owner, to deliver to persons entitled to immediate possession – SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 9 – Defences respecting suits for relief based on contract – SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 10 – Specific Performance in respect of contracts – SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 11 – Cases in which specific performance of contracts connected with trusts enforceable – SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 12-Specific performance of part of contract – SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 13 – Rights of purchaser or lessee against person with no title or imperfect title – SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 14 – Contracts which cannot be specifically enforceable – SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 14A – Power of court to engage experts, SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 15 – Who may obtain specific performance, SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 16 – Personal bars to relief – SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 17 – Contract to sell or let property by one who has no title, not specifically enforceable – SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• 18. Non-enforcement except with variation & 19. Relief against parties and persons claiming under them by subsequent title, SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• 20. Substituted performance of contract, SRA 1963 – Only Judiciary
• 20A, 20B, 20C – Special provisions for contract relating to infrastructure project, SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• 21. Power to award compensation in certain cases, SRA 1963 – Only Judiciary
• SECTION 22, 23, 24, 25, Power to grant relief for possession, partition, refund of earnest money, etc. SRA 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Rectification of Instruments, Section 26, SRA 1963 – Only Judiciary
• RESCISSION OF CONTRACTS – Section 27 SRA 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 28. Rescission in certain circumstances of contracts for the sale or lease of immovable property… S 29 & S 30 SRA 1963 – Only Judiciary
• CANCELLATION OF INSTRUMENTS – Section 31, SRA 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Which instruments may be partially cancelled [Section 32] – SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• 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 – Only Judiciary
• DECLARATORY DECREES – Section 34, 35 – SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Relief of cancellation under Sections 31 and relief of declaration under 34- SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Injunctions Generally – Section 36, SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 38 – Perpetual injunction when granted, SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 39 – Mandatory injunctions, SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 40 – Damages in lieu of, or in addition to, injunction, SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 41 – Injunction when refused, SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Section 42 – Injunction to perform negative agreement, SRA, 1963 – Only Judiciary
• Mareva Injunction – Only Judiciary
• John Doe orders – Only Judiciary
• Temporary Mandatory Injunction – Only Judiciary
• Anti Suit Injunction – Only Judiciary
• Anton Piller Order – Only Judiciary

Mains Questions

• Mains Questions : Section 1 to 8 – SPECIFIC RELIEF ACT – Only Judiciary
• Mains Questions : Sections 9 to 25 – SPECIFIC RELIEF ACT – Only Judiciary
• Mains Questions : Sections 26 to 33 – SPECIFIC RELIEF ACT – Only Judiciary
• Mains Questions : Sections 34-35 – SPECIFIC RELIEF ACT – Only Judiciary
• Mains Questions : Sections 36 – 42 – SPECIFIC RELIEF ACT – Only Judiciary