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Section 28 – The Specific Relief Act,1963

The Specific Relief Act,1963

Section 28. Rescission in certain circumstances of contracts for the sale or lease of immovable property, the specific performance of which has been decreed

(1) Where in any suit a decree for specific performance of a contract for the sale or lease of immovable property has been made and the purchaser or lessee does not, within the period allowed by the decree or such further period as the court may allow, pay the purchase money or other sum which the court has ordered him to pay, the vendor or lessor may apply in the same suit in which the decree is made, to have the contract rescinded and on such application the court may, by order, rescind the contract either so far as regards the party in default or altogether, as the justice of the case may require.

(2) Where a contract is rescinded under sub-section (1), the court. –

(a) Shall direct the purchaser or the lessee, if he has obtained possession of the property under the contract, to restore such possession to the vendor or lessor; and

(b) May direct payment to the vendor or lessor of all the rents and profits which have accrued in respect of the property form the date on which possession was so obtained by the purchaser or lessee until restoration of possession to the vendor or lessor, and if the justice of the case so requires, the refund of any sum paid by the vendee or the lessee as earnest money or deposit in connection with the contract.

(3) If the purchaser or lessee pays the purchase money or other sum which lie is ordered to pay under the decree within the period referred to in subsection (1), the court may, on application made in the same suit, award the purchaser or lessee such further relief as he may be entitled to, including in appropriate cases all or any of the following relief’s, namely:-

(a) The execution of a proper conveyance or lease by the vendor or lessor;

(b) The delivery of possession, or partition and separate possession, of the property on the execution of such conveyance or lease.

(4) No separate suit in respect of any relief, which may be claimed under this section, shall lie at the instance of a vendor, purchaser, lessor or lessee, as the case may be,

(5) The costs of any proceedings under this section shall be in the discretion of the court.

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