HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI, JJ.
Saadullah Hussaini - Petitioner
Versus
Mohammed Khaja Qutubuddin - Respondent
Writ Appeal No. 38 of 2022 and I.A. No.1 of 2022 In/And Writ Appeal No. 43 of 2022
Decided On : 28-01-2022
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 - Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 – Civil matter - Granted temporary injunction - Appeal - Present appeal has been filed by who was not a party to W.P. filed by one Mohammed Ismail Shareef in which impugned order has been passed - Undisputed facts of case reveal that respondent No.1 before this Court has preferred the writ petition stating that he has filed a suit in City Civil Court in respect of suit property and an application was also preferred under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 of CPC - Held, Opinion that this Court does have the power to direct police to take appropriate steps keeping in view the situation involved in a particular case - But, in present case, there is a specific remedy available to the respondent in both the writ appeals i.e., under Order XXXIX Rule 2-A of CPC and therefore, as there is a specific remedy available, impugned orders passed by learned Single Judge are liable to be set aside. Not only this, writ petitioners, without exhausting remedy as provided under Order XXXIX Rule 2-A of CPC, have approached learned Single Judge - Writ appeals allowed.
JUDGMENT :
Satish Chandra Sharma, J.
1. Regard being had to the controversy involved in the aforesaid cases, they were heard together and are being decided by a common judgment.
2. The facts of W.A.No.43 of 2022 are reproduced as under :
The present appeal has been filed by one Saadullah Hussaini, who was not a party to W.P.No.973 of 2022 filed by one Mohammed Ismail Shareef in which the impugned order has been passed. The undisputed facts of the case reveal that the respondent No.1 before this Court has preferred the writ petition stating that he has filed a suit i.e., O.S.No.2374 of 2021 before the learned VIII Junior Civil Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad, in respect of the suit property and an application was also preferred under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 of CPC. The trial Court, on 13.12.2021, has passed an injunction order and the aforesaid fact is not in dispute. The trial Court, while allowing the said application, has granted temporary injunction restraining the respondent therein/appellant herein, their men, agents etc., from interfering with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the plaintiff over the petition schedule property. The undisputed facts also reveal that an appeal has been preferred in the matter i.e., C.M.A.No.105 of 2021 and the appeal is pending. The present appellant was a defendant in the civil suit and without impleading him as a respondent, the writ petition was preferred. It was stated before the learned Single Judge that a complaint has been made to the police on 29.12.2021 requesting the police to implement the order of injunction dated 13.12.2021 passed by the civil Court and in those circumstances, the learned Single Judge has directed the Inspector of Police to take necessary action in respect of the complaint preferred relating to the order of injunction. In the complaint, allegations have been made against the appellant and therefore, his application for grant of leave to file the present appeal i.e., I.A.No.1 of 2022 in W.A.No.43 of 2022 is allowed.
3. The appellant is aggrieved by the direction issued by the learned Single Judge to the police to ensure implementation of the injunction order dated 13.12.2021. It is not a case where the civil Court has passed an order under the provisions of CPC and they are not being obeyed by the police. Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 of CPC deal with grant of temporary injunction and there is a remedy under Order XXXIX Rule 2-A of CPC for disobedience of any injunction. The same is reproduced as under :
(2) No attachment made under this rule shall remain in force for more than one year, at the end of which time, if the disobedience or breach continues, the property attached may be sold and out of the proceeds, the Court may award such compensation as it thinks fit to the injured party and shall pay the balance, if any, to the party entitled thereto.”
4. In the considered opinion of this Court, in case there is a breach of injunction order, the remedy was not before the police, but the remedy was available before the same Court which has passed the order of injunction.
5. Learned counsel for the respondent No.1 has placed reliance upon the judgments delivered in Satyanarayana Tiwari v. S.H.O.P.S. Santhoshnagar, AIR 1982 AP 394, Rayapati Audemma v. Pothineni Narasimham, AIR 1971 AP 53, P.R. Murlidharan and others v. Swamy Dharmananda Theertha Padar and others, (200
Satyanarayana Tiwari v. S.H.O.P.S. Santhoshnagar
Rayapati Audemma v. Pothineni Narasimham
P.R. Murlidharan and others v. Swamy Dharmananda Theertha Padar and others
Seeking police protection to enforce an injunction order without approaching the civil court granting the injunction order is not provided under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
A court can provide police protection to enforce a temporary injunction in cases of documented violations, emphasizing the judicial duty to uphold such orders.
Courts can exercise inherent powers to direct police assistance for enforcing injunction orders when alternative remedies are inadequate.
Court can provide police assistance to enforce an injunction order, especially when alternatives are inadequate and to ensure justice.
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