[1] The appellant by a notice of motion (encl 3) seeks to stay a civil suit pending the disposal of a winding up petition which was subsequently filed after the civil suit.

[2] It must be noted that the winding up petition was filed by Dato' Sri Ong, a person who was a contributory of the appellant in the civil suit. We were informed that the civil suit was going to be tried by the High Court the following day. A stay was applied in the High Court and was not granted. Following the refusal of the stay, the applicant has filed a notice of appeal and seeks this interim stay. The respondents alleged that this application was applied to stall the civil suit. The application was also filed by certificate of urgency and in consequence the 2nd and 3rd respondents were not able to file their reply to the affidavit. However, the 1st respondent has filed a reply. We h