M.Karpagavinayagam, J.: Nazir Maricar, the defendant in the suit has filed this appeal challenging the judgment and decree passed in favour of M/s.Marshall Sons and Company (India) Limited, Calcutta, the plaintiff, the respon- dent herein, directing the defendant/appellant to pay damages of Rs.30,000 to the plaintiff/respondent.

2. The plaintiff, the respondent herein filed a suit seeking for the relief of damages to the tune of Rs.30,000 with interest and for permanent injunction restraining the defendant from in any manner directly or indirectly employing himself with any other person and not to divulge or disclose or in any way making use any of the technical details, designs of the plaintiff to any other person.

3. The case of the plaintiff, in short, is as follows:

"The plaintiff Company was engaged in the manufacture of sophisticated construction and road making machinery. The defendant was employed in the year 1978 as Production Engineer. Since the Company was manufacturing sophisticated machines of exclusive design with foreign collaboration, the Company decided to depute some of its employees to proceed to West Germany for training. The defendant, one of the employees, was se

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