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    Question

    Specific performance of a contract cannot be enforced

    in favour of a person:
    A Who would not be entitled to recover compensation for its breach Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Who has become incapable of performing Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Who fails to cover and prove that he has performed Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D All of the above. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Specific Relief Act, 1963 S. 6. Personal bars to relief.— Specific performance of a contract cannot be enforced in favour of a person— (a) who would not be entitled to recover compensation for its breach; or (b) who has become incapable of performing, or violates any essential term of, the contract that on his part remains to be performed, or acts in fraud of the contract, or wilfully acts at variance with, or in subversion of, the relation intended to be established by the contract;    

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