Venkataraman, J. -These are applications by the plaintiff in O. S. No. 3102 of 1966 on the file of the City Civil Court, Madras and the appellant in A.S. No. 371 of 1969 pending before us, for permission to amend the plaint. We shall state the facts more fully when disposing of the appeal itself. For the purpose of the present applications it is enough to state the following facts. The defendants Mac Laboratories (Private) Limited, are manufacturers of pharmaceutical products in India and are also importers of some pharmaceutical products manufactured abroad. On 17th November, 1951 they appointed the plaintiff, V. R. Nathan as the sole distributor of their products for the then composite State of Madras, Mysore and Travancore-Cochin, with a commission of 10 per cent of the profits. The defendants were to bear the organisational expenses etc.. The plaintiff claims that he invested a large sum of money and did good business for the defendants and that in recognition thereof, for the mutual benefit of both sides, another agreement was entered into on 14th May, 1955, with effect from 1st April, 1955. By this agreement his tenure of distribution rights was guaranteed for twelve years fr

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