Most asked Specific Relief Act sections in judiciary exams

27 questions in 16 official papers on Law Maker test 13 sections of the Specific Relief Act, 1963. Here they are, most asked first, with the papers that asked them. A question that tests two sections counts for both.

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   Section 6 Suit by person dispossessed of immovable property

   Asked 13 times: AILET (NLU Delhi) 2026: PG (LL.M.); Delhi Higher Judicial Service (DHJS) 2023; Delhi Higher Judicial Service 2019; Delhi Judicial Service 2019; Delhi Judicial Service 2023; Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2018; Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2019; Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2021; Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2022; Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2023; Rajasthan District Judge (HJS) 2020; Rajasthan District Judge (HJS) 2024

   13
2. 2

   Section 21 Power to award compensation in certain cases

   Asked 2 times: Rajasthan Civil Judge (RJS) 2024; Rajasthan Civil Judge (RJS) 2025

   2
3. 3

   Section 41 Injunction when refused

   Asked 2 times: Delhi Judicial Service 2022; Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2023

   2
4. 4

   Section 7 Recovery of specific movable property

   Asked 1 time: Rajasthan District Judge (HJS) 2020

   1
5. 5

   Section 8 Liability of person in possession, not as owner, to deliver to persons entitled to immediate possession

   Asked 1 time: Rajasthan District Judge (HJS) 2020

   1
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   Section 10 Specific performance in respect of contracts

   Asked 1 time: AILET (NLU Delhi) 2026: PG (LL.M.)

   1
7. 7

   Section 12 Specific performance of part of contract

   Asked 1 time: Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2018

   1
8. 8

   Section 26 When instrument may be rectified

   Asked 1 time: AILET (NLU Delhi) 2026: PG (LL.M.)

   1
9. 9

   Section 32 What instruments may be partially cancelled

   Asked 1 time: Delhi Higher Judicial Service 2024

   1
10. 10

    Section 34 Discretion of court as to declaration of status or right

    Asked 1 time: Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2018

    1
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    Section 36 Preventive relief how granted

    Asked 1 time: Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2019

    1
12. 12

    Section 38 Perpetual injunction when granted

    Asked 1 time: Rajasthan District Judge (HJS) 2020

    1
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    Section 40 Damages in lieu of, or in addition to, injunction

    Asked 1 time: Delhi Judicial Service 2022

    1

Counted from the official papers reproduced on Law Maker (see previous year papers). New papers are added as they are published, and the counts update with them.