law: Indian Contract Act, 1872 
  75. Party rightfully rescinding
  
  contract, entitled to compensation
  A person who rightfully rescinds a contract is entitled to
  
  consideration for any damage which he has sustained through the non-fulfillment
  
  of the contract.
  Illustration
  A, a singer, contracts with B, a manager of a theatre, to sing
  
  at his theatre for two nights in every week during the next two months, and B
  
  engages to pay her 100 rupees for each night's performance. On the sixth night,
  
  A willfully absents herself from the theatre, and B, in consequence, rescinds
  
  the contracts. B is entitled to claim compensation for the damage which he has
  
  sustained through the nonfulfilment of the contract.