Remedi

esf
orBr
eachofCont
ract
Acontractcr
eatesobli
gati
onsenfor
ceabl
eataCourtofLaw.Ther
efor
eifapart
yto
thecontr
actfai
lstoperf
ormi t
spart
,theot
herpar
tyhasari
ghttomovetothecour
t
oflawforenf
orcingt
hecontract.

Remedi
esf
orbr
eachofCont
ract

1.Ri
ghtofr
esci
ssi
on

2.Ri
ghtt
ocl
aim damages

3.Quant
um mer
uit

4.Speci
fi
cPer
for
mance

5.I
njunct
ionor
der

Theaggr
iev
edpar
tyhast
hef
oll
owi
ngr
ight
satt
hedi
scr
eti
onoft
hecour
t:

1.Rightofresci
ssion:Whenonepar t
ytothecont r
actbreachesthecontr
act
,the
otherpar
t yneednotperfor
m hispartoft heobli
gat
ions.Theaggriev
edpar t
y
mayr escind thecontr
act.In such cases,theaggr i
eved par
tycan ei
ther
resci
ndthecont r
actorfi
l
easuitfordamages.

Ther
ight
sofr
esci
ssi
onar
elosti
nthef
oll
owi
ngcases:
-

 Wher
ethepar
tywai
vesi
tsr
ightt
oresci
nd,
ther
ightofr
esci
ssi
oni
slost
.

 Wheret
hecont
racti
snotdi
vi
sibl
eandt
hepar
tywant
stor
esci
ndonl
ya
par
toft
hecont
ract

 Wherethepar
ti
escannotbeplacedinthesameposi
ti
oninwhi
chthey
werebefor
ethebr
eacht ookplace.Egsubj
ectmat
teri
sdestr
oyedor
consumed

 Wher
einthemean-
ti
me,t
hir
dpar
ti
eshav
eacqui
redi
nter
estbonaf
ide
andf
orv
alue

2.Righttoclai
m compensat i
onordamages:Sect ion73provi
desthatwhena
contr
acthasbeenbr eached,theaggri
evedpartyofthecont
racti
senti
tl
edfor
monetarycompensat i
on. Theobj ect
iveofSui tfordamagesistoputt he
aggri
evedpartyinsuchaposi ti
oninwhi chhewoul dhavebeenhadt here
beenper f
ormanceandnotbr each.Thesuffer
eingpart
ymustbeabletoprove
theactuall
ossorel
senodamageswi l
lbeawar ded.
 Damagescanbeof4t
ypes:

i
. Ordinar
ydamages:Thesearethedamageswhichareawar
dedf or
compensati
ngt helossar
isi
ngdi
rect
lyandnat
ural
l
yasar esul
tof
breachofcont
ract
.

i
i
. Specialdamages/part
icul
ardamages: ar i
sebecauseofr emoteor
i
ndir
ectlossari
singoutofabr eachofacont r
act.Suchdamagescan
beclaimedbyt heaggr
ievedpar t
yonlyi
fbotht heparti
esreasonabl
y
contemplat
edorexpect
edt hatsuchdamageswillar
ise.

i
i
i. Exemplar
y,v
indict
ivedamages:Whent hebreachofacontractbyone
part
ynotonlyresul
tsinmonet arylosstotheaggri
evedpartybutal
so
subj
ectshimt oment alsuff
ering,theneedf orexempl
arydamages
ari
ses.Themainaim ofawar dingsuchdamagesi stodeteraperson
fr
om committi
ngabr eachofsuchcont r
act
.

i
v. Nomi
naldamages:Thesedamagesareawardedsi
mplytorecogni
se
t
heri
ghtoft
hepart
ytoclai
m damagesf
orbr
eachofcont
ract
.

3.Quant um Meri
t:TheLat i
nmaxim Quantum mer i
tmeans– asmuchasi s
meritedi.e.i
npr opor
ti
ont otheext
entoft hewor kdone.A claim maybe
all
owedbyt hecourtwheretheaggr
ievedpartyhasperformedt hecont
ract
andi sprevent
edbyt heotherpar
tyfrom perf
ormingtheremainingcont
ract
fortheproport
ionofworkdoneorgoodssupplied.

4.Suitforspecifi
cperfor
mance:ThesuitforPerfor
manceisregul
atedbyt he
specifi
creli
efact,
1963.Specif
icper
formancemeanst heact
ualcarr
yingout
oft hecontractasagr eed.Thecourtmaygr antforspeci
fi
cperfor
mance
wher eiti
sjustandequitabl
etodoso.Specif
icPerfor
mancemaybegr ant
ed
underthefoll
owinggrounds:

 Lackofst
andar
dforascer
tai
ningt
hedamages

 Wher
ecompensat
ioni
snotadequat
erel
i
ef

 Subst
ant
ial
wor
khasbeendonebyt
hepl
aint
if
f

Thecourtcannotgr
antt
her
emedyofspeci
fi
cper
for
mancei
nthef
oll
owi
ng
si
tuat
ions:

 Wher
emonet
arycompensat
ioni
sanadequat
erel
i
ef
  Wher
ethecour
tcannotsuper
viset
heact
ual
execut
ionoft
hewor
k

 Wher
econt
racti
sforper
sonal
ser
vices

 Wher
etheCont
racti
snotenf
orceabl
ebyei
therpar
tyagai
nstt
heot
her

5.Suit
sforinj
unct
ions:I
njunct
ionisanor deroftheCourtr
estr
aini
ngaperson
fr
om doingaparti
cul
aract.Wherethedefendanti
sdoingsomethi
ngwhichhe
haspromisednottodo,thentheinjur
edpartywil
lgetari
ghttofil
easuitf
or
i
njunct
ion.