Which of the following sections of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 deals with personal bars to the remedy…

Section 16, headed Personal bars to relief, specifies applicant-related bars to specific performance. This includes readiness and willingness to perform essential contractual obligations, subject to the statutory explanation. The adjacent sections deal with other aspects of enforceability or persons entitled to relief.

Current law: The 2018 amendment substituted section 16(a) to bar a person who obtained substituted performance under section 20, and removed the requirement to aver from clause (c), retaining the requirement to prove performance or continuous readiness and willingness. Section 16 remains the personal-bars provision.