Damages are the monetary compensation given to the injured party by the Court for the loss or injury suffered by him by the breach of the contract.

The object of awarding damages for the breach of the contract is to put the injured party in the same position, so far as money can do it as if had not been injured.

This is called the 'Doctrine of Restitution'.

It literally means 'as much as earned'.

A right to sue on the basis of quantum meruit arisesd where a contract, partly performed by one party, has become discharged by the brewach of the contract by the other party.

In certain cases of breach of a contract, damages are not an adequate remedy.

The court may, in such cases, direct the party in breach to carry out his performance according to the terms of the contract.

When a party is in breach of a negative term of the contract (i.e., where he is doing something which he promised not to do), the Court may, by issuing an order, restrain him from doing what he promised not to do.

Such an order of the Court is known as 'injunction.

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