IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BANGLADESH HIGH COURT DIVISION

(CIVIL REVISIONAL JURISDICTION)

Present:

Mr. Justice Zafar Ahmed

Civil Revision No. 60 of 2022.

In the matter of:

An application under Section 115(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure.

And

In the matter of:

Shams Knitting& Sweater Industries Ltd.

... Plaintiff-opposite party-petitioner

-Versus-

Pabon Textile Mills Ltd. and another

      .... Defendant-appellant-opposite parties

Mr. Syed Fazla Elahi, Advocate

...For the Petitioner

Mr. Pranab Kanti Bhowmick, Advocate

.... For the opposite party No. 1

Heard on: 20.08.2024 Judgment: 21.08.2024

 In the instant revisional application filed under Section 115(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) by the plaintiff-opposite party- petitioner, this Court on 11.01.2022 issued a Rule calling upon the opposite party Nos. 1 and 2 to show cause as to why the judgment and order  dated  18.10.2021  passed  by  the  learned  District  Judge, Chattogram in Miscellaneous Appeal No. 194 of 2020 vacating the order of status quo dated 02.11.2020 passed by the learned Senior

Assistant Judge, 1st Court, Chattogram in Other Class Suit No. 67 of 2019 should not be set aside. 

At the time of issuance of the Rule, this Court passed an interim order staying operation of the impugned judgment and order dated 18.10.2021  passed  by  the  learned  District  Judge,  Chattogram  in Miscellaneous Appeal No. 194 of 2020 and further directed the parties to maintain status quo in respect of payment of money under the L/C in question.

The opposite party No. 1 has entered appearance in the Rule.

The present petitioner as plaintiff filed suit for declaration and for permanent injunction as being Other Class Suit No. 67 of 2019 in

Court of Senior Assistant Judge, 1stCourt, Chattogram impleading the

present opposite party No. 1 as defendant No. 1 and National Bank

Ltd. as defendant No. 2 praying for inter alia:

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After  filing  the  suit,  the  plaintiff  filed  an  application  for

temporary injunction praying for, “AaHh h¡c£l fСbÑe¡ qCm ®k, 1ew ¢hh¡c£ ®m¡L¡m Hm¢p ew-0935190400028 a¡¢lM-11/03/2019Cw Hl na Ñf¢Ðaf¡me Hhw

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The  defendant  No.  1  filed  a  written  objection  against  the

application  for temporary  injunction. The learned Senior Assistant

Judge,  vide  order  dated  29.10.2020  passed  an  order  directing  the

parties to maintain status quo in respect of the subject matter of the

suit.

The defendant No. 1 preferred Miscellaneous Appeal No. 194

of 2020 before the learned District Judge, Chattogram, who, vide

order No. 7 dated 18.10.2021 vacated the order of status quo and fixed

02.11.2021 for hearing the Miscellaneous Appeal and transferred the

appeal to the Court of Joint District Judge, 1st Court, Chattogram for

disposal.

Being aggrieved by the order of the leaned District Judge, the

plaintiff filed the instant revision, obtained Rule and interim order.

I have heard the learned Advocates of both sides and perused the materials on record.

Since, the Miscellaneous Appeal has not yet been heard and disposed of by the appellate Court below, this Court is of the view that the same should be heard by the appellate Court below on merit in accordance  with  law.  Therefore,  I  refrain  from  making  any observation on the merit of the respective cases of the parties so far as they relate to the order of status quo passed by the trial Court.

Accordingly, the lower appellate Court is directed to dispose of the Miscellaneous Appeal No. 194 of 2020 within 15(fifteen) days on merit in accordance with law from the date of receipt of this order. The Appellate Court below is directed not to allow adjournment to either side. Meanwhile, the parties are directed to maintain status quo in respect of payment of money under the L/C in question for a period of 15 (fifteen) days which shall stand vacated after 15 (fifteen) days. The instant judgment and order shall have no bearing upon the merit of the miscellaneous appeal.

With the above observation and directions, the Rule is disposed of.

Kabir, BO.