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Every court is constituted in order to deliver and administer justice among the parties and therefore, must be deemed to possess all such powers as may be necessary to do full and complete justice to the parties before it.
In Barney’s Encyclopaedia of the Laws of England, an injunction is defined as “a judicial process by which one, who has invaded or is threatening to invade the rights (legal or equitable) of another, is restrained from continuing or commencing such wrongful act”.
It is a settled proposition of law that interim order can always be granted in the aid of and as ancillary to the main relief available to the party on final determination of his rights in a suit or any other proceeding. Therefore, a court undoubtedly possesses the power to grant interim relief during the pendency of the suit.(4) Temporary injunctions are, thus, issued during the pendency of the suit.
An injunction is one of the effective remedies under civil laws. It has its origin from Equity Jurisprudence of England. The Specific Relief Act, 1963 consists of a separate Chapter i.e, Chapter VII titled as “INJUNCTIONS GENERALLY”. This Act of 1963 provides that preventive relief is granted at the discretion of the Court by injunction, temporary or perpetual.(5) Thus, an injunction is a means for preventive relief. It may be either temporary or perpetual.
e) Where a court is of the opinion that the interest of justice so requires.(12) In Manohar Lal Chopra v. Rani Sonabati Kumari,(13) the Supreme Court held that the Court has inherent power to issue an injunction in cases not falling within Order XXXIX, Rule 1 and 2, Civil Procedure Code.
b) If the legal right is not disputed, the plaintiff must be able to show that the act complained of is, in fact, a violation of the right or will result in such a violation.
i) “he who seeks equity must do equity’.
ii) “he who comes into equity must come with clean hands’.
e) Acquiescence, delay or laches on the part of the plaintiff will also debar him of the relief.
1) In the case of disobedience of any injunction granted or other order made under rule 1 or rule 2 or breach of any of the term on which the injunction was granted or the order made, the Court granting the injunction or making the order, or any Court to which the suit or proceeding is transferred, may order the property of the person guilty of such disobedience or breach to be attached, and may also order such person to be detained in the civil prison for a term not exceeding three months, unless in the meantime the Court directs his release.
2) No attachment made under this rule shall remain in force for more than one year, at the end of which time, if the disobedience or breach continues, the property attached may be sold and out of the proceeds, the Court may award such compensation as it thinks fit to the injured party and shall pay the balance, if any, to the party entitled thereto.
Thus, an injunction means an order of a court restraining a person or persons from doing certain things or acts which are detrimental to the interests of another or others. Injunctions are granted by the court as an equitable relief on the basis of the facts and circumstances of each particular case. For granting a temporary injunction, the mere circumstance that the party has a prima facie case will not be the sole basis. The court has also to take into account the question of irreparable or serious injury and the balance of convenience. Courts are vested with the powers to grant interim relief during the pendency of a suit in order to protect the rights and maintain the status quo depending upon the facts and circumstances of each case. The court may grant or refuse temporary injunction as the case so warrants. No party can claim as a matter of right the relief of temporary injunction. It is the discretionary power of the court to judiciously consider the necessity of granting temporary injunction or otherwise. Temporary injunctions may be granted at any time of a suit and are regulated by the provisions of order 39, rule 1 to 5. The principles underlying the purpose of granting temporary injunction is to maintain the status quo and to prevent any change after the institution of suit till the final decision. Temporary injunction is a safeguard for protecting and preserving the interests of the plaintiff while the courts have to assure balance of convenience between the parties before passing a proper order.
Halsbury’s Law of England (4th edn) Vol. 24, para 901; Food Corporation of India v. Sukh Deo Prasad, (2009) 5 SCC 665.
Mulraj v. Murti Reghunath Maharaj, AIR 1967 SC 1386.
State of Orrisa v. Madan Gopal, AIR 1952 SC 12.
Section 36, The Specific Relief Act, 1963.
Section 37(2) Specific Relief Act, 1963.
Section 37(1) Specific Relief Act, 1963.
Order 39, Rule 1 CPC, 1908; Rattu v. Mala, AIR 1968 Raj 212.
L.D. Meston School Society v. Kashi Nath, AIR 1951 All 558.
P. Venkatachalam v. Rajagopala Naidu, AIR 1932 Mad. 705.
Binod Mohan Prasad, Mulla The Code of Civil Procedure 247(Lexis Nexis Butterworths Wadhwa, Nagpur, 17th edn., 2007).
Manohar Lal Chopra v. Seth Hiralal, AIR 1962 SC 527.

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