Sri T. Joseph Thyagaraj vs T.Philomena on 29 February, 2024
17. The counsel also relied upon the judgment in
COTTON CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED VS. UNITED
INDUSTRIAL BANK LIMITED AND OTHERS reported in
(1983) 4 SCC 625 and brought to notice of this Court Para
No.10 of the judgment with regard to scope of Order 39 Rule 1
and 2 of CPC being confined to temporary injunction, an
unnecessary grey area will develop. It is indisputable that
temporary injunction is granted during the pendency of the
proceeding so that while granting final relief the Court is not
faced with a situation that the relief becomes infructuous or
that during the pendency of the proceeding an unfair advantage
is not taken by the party in default or against whom temporary
injunction is sought. But power to grant temporary injunction
was conferred in aid or as auxiliary to the final relief that may
be granted. If the final relief cannot be granted in terms as
prayed for, temporary relief in the same terms can hardly if
ever be granted. If this be the purpose to achieve which power
to grant temporary relief is conferred, it is inconceivable that