Where Temporary Injunction is Granted
The granting of temporary injunction is a matter of discretion of the Court. The discretion is to be exercised judicially according to well-settled principles.
Rule 1 of Order XXXIX of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 provides that where in any suit it is proved by affidavit or otherwise:
(a) that any property in disputed in a suit is in danger of being wasted, damaged or alienated by any party to the suit or wrongfully sold is of a decree, or
(b) that the defendant threatens or intends to remove or dispose of his property with a view to defrauding his creditors, or
(c) that the defendant threatens or dispossess the plaintiff or otherwise cause injury to the plaintiff in relation to any property in dispute in the suit, or
(d) where a court is of the opinion that the interest of justice so requires [Manohar Lai v. Rai Bahadur Rao Raja Seth Hiralal, MANU/SC/0056/1961 : AIR 1962 SC 527: (1962) Supp 1 SCR 450]
It is not the plaintiff alone who can apply for an interim injunction. A defendant also may make an application for grant of an injunction against the plaintiff.
Rule 2 of Order XXXIX provides injunction to restrain or continuance of breach: (1) In suit for restraining the defendant from committing a breach of contract or otherwise injury of any kind, whether compensation is claimed in the suit or not the plaintiff may, at any time, after the commencement of the suit and either before or after judgment, apply to the Court for a temporary injunction to restrain the defendant from committing the breach of or injury complained of or any breach of contract or injury of a like kind arising out of the same contract or relating to the same property.
(2) The Court may by order grant such injunction on such terms as to the duration of the injunction, keeping an account, giving security or otherwise, as the Court thinks fit.