The remedy of ‘rescission of a contract’ is available under the Specific Relief Act, 1963 when the…

Section 27 permits rescission where the contract is voidable or terminable by the plaintiff. It also contains a narrowly qualified ground for an unlawful contract whose illegality is not apparent on its face, where the defendant is more to blame. Thus voidability is the direct general ground offered; mere illegality or unenforceability, without the statutory conditions, is insufficient.