LAW FOR ALL

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 39 Rules 1 & 2, Order 43 Rule 1, r/w Section 151 — Ad-interim injunction — Grant of ex parte injunction by Lower Appellate Court — Without notice — Improper exercise of discretion — Matter remitted for reconsideration — Directions for status quo. Where the Lower Appellate Court, pending appeal against a decree of dismissal of suit for injunction, granted an ex parte ad-interim injunction restraining defendants from interfering with possession of plaintiffs, without notice and without limiting the duration of such order, the High Court held that such order was unsustainable.