Specific Relief Act, 1963 · Chapter V: Cancellation of Instruments
Section 32: What instruments may be partially cancelled
Where an instrument is evidence of different rights or different obligations, the court may, in a proper case, cancel it in part and allow it to stand for the residue.
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