Specific Relief Act : Alternative prayer for rescission in suit for specific performance. Indian Bare

Specific Relief Act,1963

Act No : 47

Section : Alternative prayer for rescission in suit for specific performance.

29. Alternative prayer for rescission in suit for specific performance.- A plaintiff instituting a suit for the specific performance of a contract in writing may pray in the alternative that, if the contract cannot be specifically enforced, it may be rescinded and delivered up to be cancelled; and the court, if it refuses to enforce the contract specifically, may direct it to be rescinded and delivered up accordingly.