( 1 ) THIS is an appeal against the order passed by the City Civil Court Ahmedabad granting an interim injunction against the appellant restraining him from serving or engaging himself directly or indirectly for or under any other person firm or company in India as a senior assistant in the spinning department or in any other similar capacity and from divulging any of the secrets process or information received by him in respect of his employment till the hearing and final disposal of the suit.

( 2 ) THE following facts are not in dispute. The plaintiff-company is a joint stock company and is running a textile mill in Ahmedabad. By an agreement dated March 22 1961 made between the plaintiff-company and the defendant it was agreed that the defendant who is a qualified technician and a diploma holder in textile technology should serve the company for a period of five years commencing from May 1 1961 on the terms and conditions contained therein. The defendant worked in the plaintiff-company as a senior assistant in the spinning department until April 17 1962 on which day he sent a letter to the plaintiff-company resigning his employment. On May 4 1962 the plaintiff co