Specific Relief (Amendment) Act, 2018 discussed and analysed.ĭr Avtar Singh’s work on contract has been extolled by readers and reviewers in India and abroad, due to the clear enunciation of principles, simple language and up-to-date case law and material given therein. Latest decisions of Supreme Court, High Court and foreign jurisdictions included. The following are the notable features of this new edition:

The Specific Relief Act provides the remedial measures for forcing parties to perform their actual contractual commitments and not to get rid of them by just paying compensation for their acts. The purpose of Contract Act is to lay down principles for formation of contractual relations and to provide the remedial measure of recovery of damages in the event of one party’s failure to keep his contractual commitments. Textbook on Law of Contract and Specific Relief by Dr Avtar Singh deals with the Contract Act, 1872 and the Specific Relief Act, 1963. Now it has been elevated to the position of a general remedy. The Specific Relief Act has undergone major amendments.The specific relief used to be a discretionary remedy. The present seventh edition has been thoroughly revised and updated.The work provides the information of all the leading statutory provisions and judicial pronouncements in a condensed manner.Principles emerging from court decisions have been brought out and laid bare for the reader. Agreement, Contract, Proposal and Acceptance. Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute PublicationsĬontents: 1.Mohenjodaro/Harappa/Indus Valley Civilization.Anthropological Survey of India Publications.

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