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Specific Relief Act, 1963 · Chapter VII: Injunctions Generally

Section 36 Specific Relief Act: Preventive relief how granted

Bare Act text

36. Preventive relief how granted.—Preventive relief is granted at the discretion of the court by injunction, temporary or perpetual.

Text of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 (Act No. 47 of 1963), as amended up to the Specific Relief (Amendment) Act, 2018. Source: India Code, Government of India.

In simple words

Preventive relief is granted at the court's discretion. The court grants it by injunction, which may be temporary or perpetual. The section therefore names the injunction as the means of preventive relief and makes the grant discretionary rather than automatic. The following sections explain the kinds of injunction, when they can be granted and when they must be refused.

Chapter VII: Injunctions Generally

  1. 36 Preventive relief how granted
  2. 37 Temporary and perpetual injunctions
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