JUDGMENT :

K.R. Mohapatra, J.

Order dated 27.12.2014 passed by the learned 2nd Addl. Senior Civil Judge, Bhubaneswar in I.A. No. 496 of 2014 allowing an application under Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 read with Section 151, C.P.C. and restraining the opposite party-appellants from publishing any statement with malice, which is defamatory in nature, against the petitioner-respondent’s husband and father-in-law in their newspaper “Satya-ra Swara Nirbhay” till final disposal of the suit, is under challenge in this appeal.

2. Civil Suit No. 7240 of 2014 has been filed claiming punitive and compensatory damages amounting to Rs.10.00 crores and to declare the news items published in the newspaper, namely, “Satya-ra Swara Nirbhay” tarnishing the image of the plaintiff’s father-in-law and her husband to be defamatory and libelous and for permanent injunction. The plaintiff (respondent herein) in the plaint contended that she is the wife of Sri Pranab Kumar Balabantaray, a sitting Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.) and is also the daughter-in-law of Kalpataru Das (now dead), a former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha). The said Kalpataru Das was also the former Cabinet Minister being a me