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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
SABYASACHI BHATTACHARYYA, UDAY KUMAR
Kalishankar Radhey Shyam Trust – Appellant
Versus
Jayshree Wadhawa – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J.
1. The present appeal has been preferred against an order dated August 1, 2025, whereby an ad interim injunction was granted restraining the defendants/appellants in an Originating Summons from transferring, alienating, dealing, selling, encumbering or parting with any of the assets including the amounts lying in the bank accounts and the fixed deposits, which are the subject matter of the proceeding, till August 22, 2025.
2. The court is apprised that the said ad interim order was subsequently extended, challenging which another appeal has been preferred, which is now pending before the regular Bench, while the present appeal has been assigned to us.
3. The learned Senior Advocate appearing for the appellants argues that the injunction order was passed in connection with Originating Summons (for convenience, hereinafter referred to as “OS”) issued under Chapter XIII of the Original Side Rules of this Court. By taking the court through different provisions of Chapter XIII, it is argued that the same does not contemplate a regular adjudication akin to a civil suit but is a proceeding of summary nature.
4. Rule 1 of Chapter XIII provides that OS may
Originating Summons is strictly for declaratory reliefs, not for interim injunctions affecting tangible property rights, thus the learned Single Judge exceeded jurisdiction.
The Court cannot grant interim relief after a certificate for appeal has been issued, as it lacks jurisdiction to modify dismissed orders.
A procedural order calling for pleadings from parties does not constitute a judgment under Chapter VIII R.5 and is not appealable.
A suit originally filed under summary procedure cannot later allow summary judgment under a different procedural order.
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An appeal against an ad-interim order is maintainable under Order XLIII Rule 1(r) of the CPC, applicable in commercial disputes, affirming that such orders do not preclude appellate jurisdiction.
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