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PART II SPECIFIC RELIEF · CHAPTER IV RESCISSION OF CONTRACTS

Section 29: Alternative prayer for rescission in suit for specific performance

The Specific Relief Act, 1963

A plaintiff instituting a suit for the specific performance of a contract in writing may pray in the alternative that, if the contract cannot be specifically enforced, it may be rescinded and delivered up to be cancelled; and the court, if it refuses to enforce the contract specifically, may direct it to be rescinded and delivered up accordingly.

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  1. 1. Under Section 29 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963, a plaintiff suing for specific performance of a contract in writing may pray in the alternative that, if the contract cannot be specifically enforced:

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