Specific Relief Act, 1963
33. Power to require benefit to be restored or
compensation to be made when instrument is cancelled or is successfully
resisted as being void or voidable
(1) On adjudging the cancellation of an instrument, the court
may require the party to whom such relief is granted, to restore, so far as may
be any benefit which he may have received from the other party and to make any
compensation to him which justice may require.
(2) Where a defendant successfully resists any suit on the
grounds-
(a) that the instrument sought to be enforced
against him in the suit is voidable, the court may if the defendant has
received any benefit under the instrument from the other party, require him to
restore, so far as may be, such benefit to that party or to make compensation
for it.
(b) that the agreement sought to be enforced
against him in the suit is void by reason of his not having been competent to
contract under section 11 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the court may, if
the defendant has received any benefit under the agreement from the other
party, require him to restore, so far as may be, such benefit to that party, to
the extent to which he or his estate has benefited thereby.