law: Specific Relief Act, 1963
  21. Power to award compensation in certain cases
  (1) In a suit for a specific performance of a contract, the
  
  plaintiff may also claim compensation for its breach, either in addition to, or
  
  in substitution of, such performance.
  (2) If, in any such suit, the court decides that specific
  
  performance ought not to be granted, but that there is a contract between the
  
  parties which has been broken by the defendant, and that the plaintiff is
  
  entitled to compensation for that breach, it shall award him such compensation
  
  accordingly.
  (3) If, in any such suit, the court decides that specific
  
  performance ought to be granted, but that it is not sufficient to satisfy the
  
  justice of the case, and that some compensation for breach of the contract
  
  should also be made to the plaintiff, it shall award him such compensation
  
  accordingly.
  (4) In determining the amount of any compensation awarded under
  
  this section, the court shall be guided by the principles specified in section
  
  73 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872.
  (5) No compensation shall be awarded under this section unless
  
  the plaintiff has claimed such compensation in his plaint:
  PROVIDED that where the plaintiff has not claimed any
  
  such compensation in the plaint, the court shall, at any stage of the
  
  proceeding, allow him to amend the plaint on such terms as may be just, for
  
  including a claim for such compensation.
  Explanation: The circumstance that the contract has become
  
  incapable of specific performance does not preclude the court from exercising
  
  the jurisdiction conferred by this section.