JUDGMENT - A.A. CAZI, J.:---I am passing orders on three suits which are for referring disputes to arbitration and on three petitions which are for interim reliefs in those proceedings. The circumstances giving rise to these proceedings are stated in the following paragraph.

2. It will be noticed from the titles of the suits given above that the parties are the same in all the there suits. However, three different suits have been filed because they arise from three different agreements which are in respect of three different shipping vessels viz. (i) M.V. Ramey Tide, (ii) M.V. Jensen Tide, and (iii) M.V. Mire Tide. Suit No. 347 of 1991 arises from the agreement pertaining to M.V. Ramy Tide, Suit No. 348 of 1991 arises from the agreement pertaining to M.V. Jensen Tide,and Suit No. 349 of 1991 arises from the agreement pertaining to M.V. Mire Tide. These three vessels are foreign vessels which the plaintiffs had chartered from the foreign owners M/s. Tidewaters Marine Service Inc. Foreign vessels cannot be legally plied in Indian Waters without licence from the Director General of Shipping, Government of India. The plaintiffs obtained "Specified Period Licences" in respect of these v

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