Multiple choice

A contract can be specifically enforced

  1. where compensation is adequate relief for the non-performance of the contract

  2. where the contract by it’s nature is determinable

  3. where it involves the performance of continuous duty which the court cannot supervise

  4. None of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Under section 14 of the specific relief act, it has provided the conditions when the specific performance of contract is not enforceable: (a) when compensation in money is an adequate relief (b) when a contract runs into such minute and complex details or is dependent on personal qualifications or volition of the defendant, or otherwise from its nature is such that a court cannot enforce specific performance of its material terms (c) when a contract is in its nature determinable i.e. can be brought to an end under given conditions (d) when a contract, the performance of which involves performance of continuous nature, which the court cannot supervise

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