JUDGMENT

Arijit Pasayat, J.-A controversy which could have been solved long back has been blown out of proportion, making the parties travel through the corridors of various courts and has finally landed in this Court. Whenever there is prolongation of litigation, ultimate sufferers are the litigating parties, and inevitably justice delivery system. Resultant is miscarriage of justice.

2. It is painful to notice that the arduous journey of litigating parties started about two decades back in an educational institution, named Goodwill Girls High Court. Ironically, the controversy started because of alleged "ill will" amongst the parties. Helen Keller, the great humanist had once said : "The highest result of education is tolerance." But the foundation of the dispute was alleged intolerance by those who matter, in the concerned educational institution.

3. Steering clear of the red herrings, the factual scenario is as follows : Smt. J. Mary Susheela- respondent No. 1 in this appeal filed a suit No. 10050 of 1985 in the Court of City Civil Judge, Bangalore seeking a mandatory injunction directing the defendants (the appellants in this appeal) to assign teaching work to her pursuant to th