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| 1979 SLG 351 1979 SLD 351 1979 PLD 668 |
Sindh High Court
Suit No. 715 of 1978 in Miscellaneous Applications Nos. 3480 and 4301 of 1978, decided on 29th November 1978.
ZAFFAR HUSSAIN MIRZA, J
Fazlur Rehman for Plaintiffs. Khalld Anwar for Defendants Nos. 1 and, K. A. Gbani for Defendant No. 3. Qamar Abbas for Defendant No. 4. S. A. Lori for Defendant No. 5. Mahmondl for Defendant No. 6. Z. P. Naqvi for Defendant No. 7. J. H. Rahimtoola
Suit No. 715 of 1978 in Miscellaneous Applications Nos. 3480 and 4301 of 1978, decided on 29th November 1978.
ZAFFAR HUSSAIN MIRZA, J
Fazlur Rehman for Plaintiffs. Khalld Anwar for Defendants Nos. 1 and, K. A. Gbani for Defendant No. 3. Qamar Abbas for Defendant No. 4. S. A. Lori for Defendant No. 5. Mahmondl for Defendant No. 6. Z. P. Naqvi for Defendant No. 7. J. H. Rahimtoola
MESSRS QUALITY BUILDERS LTD., KARACHI --Plaintiff
VS
MESSRS J. P. BROCKHOVEN V. V. DREDGING CONTRACTORS, KARACHI AND 9 OTHERS ----Defendants
Law:
Section:
(a) Specific Relief Act (I of 1877)----S. 57 read with S. 56(f) Injunction Breach of contract for rendering services Held, cannot be prevented by an injunction. [Injunction]. (b) Specific Relief Act (I of 1877)----S. 57 read with Ss. 21 & 56(f ) Temporary injunction Breach of contract Enforcement o negative agreement Grant of injunction sought for putting total prohibition on opposite party to undertake works covered by sub contract by itself or through any other sub contractor resulting in failure of main contract as a whole and amounting to doing indirectly what cann6t be done directly Such injunction, held, cannot be granted in view of bar contained in Ss. 21 & 56(f ). [Injunction]. Reigate v. Union Manufacturing Company (1918) 1 K B 592;. Hurn & Co. v: McDonald I L R 36 Cal. 354; Lumdley v. Magner (1852) 1 De G M & G 604 Yousaf Hussain Shirazi v. Muhammad Alam Shaikh PLD 1965 lot, 472; Whitwood Chemical Co. v. Hardman (1891) 2 Ch. 416; Ehram v. Bartholomew (1898) 1 Ch. 671; Ralav A. Bell Burglar & Fire Alarm Co. v. Eisier (1926) 1 Ch. 609; Records Ltd. v. Briton(1967) 3 All E R 822; Rubenstein Co. v. Francis A 1 R 1930 Lah. 597; S. A. Mills Corporation v. Custodian of Evacuee Property . A I R 1957 Born. 119 and Cheshireand Fifoot on the Law of Contract, 1976, Edition, p. 616 ref. Subba Naidu v. Hafi Badsha I L R 26 Mad. 168 distinguished. (c) Specific Relief Act (I of 1877) S. 57 .Temporary injunction No attempt made to show whether balance of convenience lay on side of plaintiff or by withholding relief he would be exposed to irreparable injury Loss, if any, resulting from breach of contract found to be assessable in terms, of money Relief of temporary injunction not granted. [Injunction]. ORDER This order will dispose of the aforesaid two applications as all the learned counsel have agreed that they may be decided together. The first application is for grant of temporary injunction and the second is for action against defendant No. 1 and its officers or employees for breach of ad interim orders passed on the first application. Taking up the main application first, the facts are that defendant No. 1 Messrs J. P. Brockhoven is a foreign…
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