Avtar Singh's Law of Contract & Specific Relief + Avtar Singh's Textbook on Law of Contract and Specific Relief

Avtar Singh's Law of Contract & Specific Relief by Rajesh Kapoor

Avtar Singh's Law of Contract and Specific Relief is an authoritative and most sought after book on the subject. The book deals with the intricacies of contract law in a straightforward and lucid style. It covers many new developing areas in contract law which are of practical and academic importance.

The current thirteenth edition of the book has been thoroughly revised and updated by Prof. Rajesh Kapoor with recent case laws and statutory amendments including the Specific Relief (Amendment) Act, 2018.

The practice to award damages as a general rule and grant specific performance as an exception was done away with the enactment of Specific Relief (Amendment) Act, 2018. This amendment gave wider discretion to courts for granting specific performance and made specific performance of contract a general rule rather than an exception subject to certain limited grounds. Further, among other things, the amendment also provides for substituted performance of contracts and enables the courts to engage experts on specific issues.

A new feature added to this Edition is a chapter-wise select list of articles published in various law review journals. Full text of these articles are available on SCC Online^TM Web Edition.

This work reveals the rich experience and pragmatic approach of the author, which renders the book indispensable for the legal fraternity and students alike. The book is greatly admired and read by students, lawyers, judges, academicians, researchers and has been extolled by reviewers in India and abroad.

Avtar Singh's Textbook on Law of Contract and Specific Relief by Varun Malik

The latest edition of Dr. Avtar Singh's Textbook on Contracts and Specific Relief has been comprehensively revised and incorporates the case law from the Supreme Court and various High Courts All amendments to the Statutory portion have also been updated.

The present edition is an attempt to make the principles, emanating from the judicial pronouncements and the ones incorporated in the legislation, accessible to the reader with brevity. The book further aims to trace the common law origin of several principles incorporated in the various provisions of the enactment through a discussion of case laws preceding the legislation.

The present book has been revised with the intent of relating various aspects concerned with the drafting of contracts and resolution of contractual disputes to the substantive law governing contractual relations In furtherance of the said intent, certain headers such as exploring relation/ distinction between force majeure and frustration, arbitrability of disputes in cases of frauds, rules of evidence in establishing/ refuting the claims of the vagueness of an agreement, arbitrability of disputes under the Specific Relief Act, etc have been included. Further, the part on the Specific Relief Act has been revised and updated in light of the latest amendment to the statute and the arrangement of sections under the part has extensively been revisited with an intention of arranging the sections under broader themes.

This book is meant for students of law, practitioners, and all those interested in learning about the subject in a concise fashion.