Specific Relief Act, 1963
16. Personal bars to relief
Specific performance of a contract cannot be enforced in
favor of a person-
(a) who would not be entitled to recover compensation for its
breach; or
(b) who has become incapable of performing, or violates any
essential term of, the contract that on his part remains to be performed, or
acts in fraud of the contract, or willfully acts at variance with, or in
subversion of, the relation intended to be established by the contract; or
(c) who fails to aver and prove that he has performed or has
always been ready and willing to perform the essential terms of the contract
which are to be performed by him, other than terms of the performance of which
has been prevented or waived by the defendant.
Explanation: For the purposes of clause (c),-
(i) where a contract involves the payment of money, it is not
essential for the plaintiff to actually tender to the defendant or to deposit
in court any money except when so directed by the court;
(ii) the plaintiff must aver performance of, or readiness and
willingness to perform, the contract according to its true construction.