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    Question

    Who may obtain specific performance of a contract

    according to the provisions of Specific Relief Act?
    A Any party to the contract or their representative in interest or principal, except when the contract involves personal qualities or learning where the representative is barred unless the contract has been partly performed Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Any party to the contract, their representative, or any person beneficially entitled under the contract, regardless of the nature of the contract or whether the party has performed their part Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C A representative in interest, but only when the contract does not involve personal qualities or skill, or when the contract is a settlement on marriage or a compromise between family members Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Any party to the contract, their representative in interest, a person entitled under a marriage settlement, a remainderman, or a reversioner in possession, unless the contract restricts assignment and personal qualities are material Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E As the Court may in its discretion decide as per the provisions of section 15 of the Act Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Section 15. Who may obtain specific performance.—Except as otherwise provided by this Chapter, the specific performance of a contract may be obtained by— (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 thereunder; (d) where the contract has been entered into by a tenant for life in due exercise of a power, the remainderman; (e) a reversioner in possession, where the agreement is a covenant enered into with his predecessor in title and the reversioner is entitled to the benefit of such covenant; entitled to the benefit thereof and will sustain material injury by reason of its breach; (fa) when a limited liability partnership has entered into a contract and subsequently becomes amalgamated with another limited liability partnership, the new limited liability partnership which arises out of the amalgamation. (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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