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For granting specific performance of a contract for the construction of any building, the following conditions has/have to be fulfilled?

A. The building is described in the contract in terms sufficiently precise to enable the Court to determine the exact nature of the building

B. The plaintiff has sufficient interest in the performance of the contract and the interest is of such a nature that compensation in money for non-performance of the contract is not an adequate relief

C. The defendant has, in pursuance to the contract, obtained possession of the whole or any part of the land on which the building is to be constructed

D. All of the above

Answer: Option D

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