Specific Relief Act, 1963
23. Liquidation of damages not a bar to specific
performance
(1) A contract, otherwise proper to be specifically enforced,
may be so enforced, though a sum be named in it as the amount to be paid in
case of its breach and the party in default is willing to pay the same, if the
court, having regard to the terms of the contract and other attending
circumstances, is satisfied that the sum was named only for the purpose of
securing performance of the contract and not for the purpose of giving, to the
party in default an option of paying money in lieu of specific performance.
(2) When enforcing specific performance under this section, the
court shall not also decree payment of the sum so named in the contract.