Multiple choice

Specific performance of a contract can not be enforced in favour of a person

  1. who would not be entitled to recover compensation for its breach

  2. who has become in capable of performing or violates any essential term of, the relation intended to be established by the contract

  3. Both (A) and (B)

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Specific performance cannot be obtained by someone who could not recover damages for breach (A), or by someone who has become incapable of performance or violated essential terms (B). Section 16 bars relief to those who have materially impaired the contract's performance.

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