It is well settled law that for grant of temporary injunction, three factors have to be satisfied, which are prima facie case, balance of convenience and irreparable loss. Discuss.

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It is well settled law that for grant of temporary injunction, three factors have to be satisfied, which are prima facie case, balance of convenience and irreparable loss. Discuss.

Answer & Explanation:

The Court may grant temporary injunction for the purpose of staying and preventing the wasting, damaging, alienation or sale or removal or disposition of the property or dispossession of the plaintiff, or otherwise causing injury to the plaintiff in relation to any property in dispute in the suit; where it is proved by affidavit or otherwise: that any property in dispute in a suit is in danger of being wasted, damaged or alienated by any party to the suit, or wrongfully sold in execution of a decree, or that the defendant threatens, or intends to remove or dispose of his property with a view to defrauding his creditors, or that the defendant threatens to dispossess the plaintiff or otherwise cause injury to the plaintiff in relation to any property in dispute in the suit. It would be necessary for the plaintiff to satisfy the Court that he has a prima facie case in the sense that even a superficial look at the facts of the case will show that the plaintiff's case has some merit. Further, the balance of convenience should also lie in favour of the plaintiff. For example, in a suit for eviction of a tenant from a rented premises, the balance of convenience would lie in favour of the tenant who is occupying the property. Moreover, the plaintiff will also have to satisfy the Court that substantial and irreparable harm or injury would be suffered by him if such temporary injunction (till the disposal of the suit) is not granted and that such loss or damage or harm cannot be compensated by damages.

Topics: Civil Procedure Code / Specific Relief Act

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