Multiple choice

A court may deny specific performance of an agreement to sell an immovable property if

  1. it is of the opinion that the consideration is inadequate

  2. the court feels that the contract is onerous to the defendant

  3. the performance of the contract would involve hardship on the defendant which he did not foresee and non-performance would involve no such hardship on the plaintiff

  4. All of these
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Explanation

Under Section 19(3) of the Specific Relief Act, 1963, courts may deny specific performance if the contract's execution would cause undue hardship on the defendant that they could not have foreseen, while non-performance would not cause comparable hardship to the plaintiff. Inadequate consideration alone is not a ground for refusal, nor is the mere fact that the contract appears onerous.

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