( 1 ) THE appellants are some of the original defendants who have challenged the validity of the order passed below Ex. 5 dated 29/05/1999 in Special Civil Suit No. 19 of 1999 filed in the court of Civil Judge (S. D) at Navsari.

( 2 ) THE relevant facts in a nutshell giving rise to the present litigation are as under:-

( 3 ) FOR the sake of convenience, parties to the litigation have been described as shown in the trial court. Plaintiff No. 1 is M/s. Natraj Theatre which is a partnership firm. Plaintiffs Nos. 2 to 6 and defendants Nos. 1 to 11 are partners of the said firm. It is not in dispute that plaintiffs Nos. 2 to 6 have assigned their rights as partners of the said firm to plaintiffs Nos. 7 and 8 whereas defendants Nos. 1 to 11 have assigned or sold their rights as partners of the said firm to defendant No. 12. At an earlier occasion plaintiffs Nos. 2 to 6 had agreed to sell or assign their rights to defendant No. 12 but subsequently no formal conveyance deed was executed and finally plaintiffs Nos. 2 to 6 had assigned their rights as partners to plaintiffs Nos. 7 and 8. Defendant No. 13 is an agent of defendant No. 12 who appears to be doing business on behalf