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A contract to sell or let any immovable property cannot be specifically enforced in favour of a vendor or lesser:

A. Who, knowingly not to have any title to the property, has contracted to sell or let the property

B. Who, though he entered the contract believing that he had a good title to the property, cannot at the time fixed by the parties or by the court for the completion of the sale or letting, give the purchaser or lessee a title free from reasonable doubts

C. (A) is correct

D. Both (A) and (B) are correct

Answer: Option D

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