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  • Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
  • Order XXXIX, Rule 1, C.P.C.
  • Order XXXIX, Rule 3, C.P.C.
  • Section 115, C.P.C.
  • U. P. Act No. 14
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  • Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
  • Order XXXIX, Rule 1, C.P.C.
  • Order XXXIX, Rule 3, C.P.C.
  • Section 115, C.P.C.
  • U. P. Act No. 14
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Summary of the Opinion

Factual and Procedural Background

The plaintiff is the revisionist challenging an order of the trial court dated 29 September 2005. The trial court, on the plaintiff's application (C/6) for a temporary injunction, recorded that in the facts and circumstances of the case no ex parte temporary injunction could be granted unless the other party was heard. The trial court directed issuance of notices to the defendants and fixed 6 October 2005 as the next date for disposal of the application for temporary injunction. The plaintiff filed the present revision against that order.

Legal Issues Presented

  1. Whether, in view of the decision in Guru Dutt v. Anju Khatri (2004 (2) AWC 1141 (LB) : 2004 (1) CLR 698), the trial court ought to have granted a temporary (ex parte) injunction to the plaintiff.
  2. Whether a revision lies under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as amended in the State of U.P. by U.P. Act No. 14 of 2003, against an order whereby the trial court has issued notices on an application for grant of temporary injunction that is still pending (i.e., whether such an order is a "case decided").

Arguments of the Parties

Plaintiff-Revisionist's Arguments

  • The plaintiff-revisionist submitted that, relying on Guru Dutt v. Anju Khatri and Anr. (2004 (2) AWC 1141 (LB) : 2004 (1) CLR 698), the trial court ought to have granted a temporary injunction.
  • Learned counsel for the revisionist specifically relied upon paragraph 8 of the Guru Dutt decision, which states that the court is empowered to grant temporary (including ex parte) injunctions under Order XXXIX, Rule 1 and to give reasons as required by Order XXXIX, Rule 3, and that interference under Section 115 CPC was appropriate in the referenced case.

Table of Precedents Cited

Precedent Rule or Principle Cited For Application by the Court
Guru Dutt v. Anju Khatri and Anr. 2004 (2) AWC 1141 (LB) : 2004 (1) CLR 698 Paragraph 8: Court empowered to grant temporary injunctions to restrain dispossession or protect anticipated injury to rights; ex parte jurisdiction under Order XXXIX, Rule 1 and requirement to give reasons under Order XXXIX, Rule 3; basis for interference under Section 115 CPC in that case. The court found the facts of the present case different from Guru Dutt and concluded that the decision relied upon by the plaintiff-revisionist would not assist him.
Shiv Shakti Co-operative Housing Society, Nagpur v. Swaraj Developers and Ors. 2003 (3) AWC 2198 (SC) Authority of the Apex Court on whether revision under Section 115 CPC (as amended by U.P. Act No. 14 of 2003) lies against interim orders (specifically where the application for injunction is still pending and notices have been issued). The court held itself bound by the Apex Court's law in Shiv Shakti and concluded that no revision lies under Section 115 (as amended) against an order issuing notices on a pending application for temporary injunction.

Court's Reasoning and Analysis

The court considered the plaintiff-revisionist's reliance on Guru Dutt (supra), including paragraph 8 which supports granting ex parte temporary injunctions under Order XXXIX, Rules 1 and 3 and interference under Section 115 CPC. However, the court observed that the facts of the present case differ from those in Guru Dutt, and therefore that decision would not assist the revisionist.

The court further noted that the Apex Court in Shiv Shakti Co-operative Housing Society v. Swaraj Developers (2003) had laid down the law otherwise. Being bound by the Apex Court, the court applied Shiv Shakti to the present facts and concluded that, where the trial court has issued notices and the application for grant of temporary injunction remains pending (i.e., the matter has not been finally disposed of), a revision under Section 115 CPC as amended by U.P. Act No. 14 of 2003 does not lie.

On that basis the court found the order under revision was not an order covered by the phrase "case decided" and therefore held the revision to be not maintainable.

Holding and Implications

Holding: The revision is dismissed.

Consequences for the parties: The revision has no force and is accordingly dismissed; the parties shall bear their own costs, as stated by the court.

Broader implications: The court applied the Apex Court authority in Shiv Shakti to hold that, where an application for temporary injunction is pending and notices have been issued (i.e., the matter is not finally disposed of), a revision under Section 115 CPC (as amended by U.P. Act No. 14 of 2003) is not maintainable. The opinion does not state that it establishes any new precedent beyond applying existing Apex Court law.

    Rajpal Singh v. Richh Pal Singh And Others

    1. Heard learned Counsel for the plaintiff-revisionist.

    2. The plaintiff-revisionist aggrieved by an order passed by the trial court dated 29th September 2005, whereby the trial court on an application 6 C2 filed by the plaintiff for grant of temporary injunction has passed the order to the effect that in the facts and circumstances of the case, unless the other party is heard, no ex parte temporary injunction can be granted and directed to issue notices to the defendants fixing 6th October, 2005, as the next date for disposal of the application for grant of temporary injunction.

    3. Learned Counsel for the plaintiff-revisionist submitted that in view of the decision of this Court in Guru Dutt v. Anju Khatri and Anr. 2004 (2) AWC 1141 (LB) : 2004 (1) CLR 698, the trial court ought to have granted temporary injunction to the plaintiff. In support of his contention, learned Counsel for the revisionist has relied upon paragraph 8 of the aforesaid decision, which is reproduced below:

    8. The aforesaid provision goes to show that Court is empowered to grant temporary injunction to restrain the dispossession of the plaintiff or otherwise protecting the plaintiff from any anticipated inquiry to the rights of the plaintiff. Prima facie the ex parte case of the plaintiff as stated in the application under Order XXXIX, Rule 1, C.P.C. is such which gives an impression that the learned trial court must have jurisdiction under Order XXXIX, Rule 1, C.P.C. and the learned trial court was in position to give reason also for grant of ex parte injunction as provided under Order XXXIX, Rule 3, C.P.C. but it appears that the learned trial court has failed to exercise a jurisdiction so vested. Therefore, it is a fit case to interfere under Section 115, C.P.C. by this Court.

    4. The facts of the present case are different than the facts of the case relied upon by learned Counsel for the plaintiff-revisionist, therefore the decision relied upon by learned Counsel for the revisionist will not help him. To me it appears that probably it has not been brought to the notice of the Court when the Court had decided the case of Gura Dutt (supra) that the Apex Court in the case of Shiv Shakti Co-operative Housing Society, Nagpur v. Swaraj Developers and Ors. 2003 (3) AWC 2198 (SC), has laid down the law otherwise. In view of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Shiv Shakti Cooperative Housing Society (supra) by which I am bound, no revision lies under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as amended in the State of U. P. by U. P. Act No. 14 of 2003 against an order whereby the trial court has issued notices on the application for grant of temporary injunction inasmuch as the application for grant of temporary injunction is still pending before the trial court and has not been decided.

    5. In view of what has been stated above, this revision is not maintainable as the order under revision is not an order which in view of the law laid down in the case of Shiv Shakti (supra), is covered by the phrase "case decided", as the application for grant of temporary injunction is still pending before the trial court and has not been finally disposed of.

    6. In the result, this revision has no force and is accordingly dismissed. However, the parties shall bear their own costs.

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