Multiple choice

Where an instrument is evidence of different rights or different obligations, the court may, in a proper case, cancel it in part and allow it to stand for the residue. This provision is provided in the Specific Relief Act under

  1. Section 21

  2. Section 32

  3. Section 42

  4. Section 40

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Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: Section 21 of Specific Relief Act provides power to award compensation in certain cases. Option (2) is correct: Section 32 of the Act states that where an instrument is evidence of different rights or different obligations, the court may, in a proper case, cancel it in part and allow it to stand for the residue. Option (3) is incorrect: Section 40 of the Act states about injunction to perform negative agreement. Option (4) is incorrect: Section 40 of the Act states provision for damages in lieu of, or in addition to injunction.