Haidar Mohd Noor JCA:

[1] In this suit the respondents (plaintiffs) filed two applications (encl 52 and 60) in the court below.

[2] In respect of encl 52, the learned judge granted the application for a Mareva injunction and ordered that a sum of RM1.7 million be deposited in a bank under the joint-account of the solicitors for the respondents and the solicitors for the appellants until the disposal of this suit. This was on the premise that the lands belonging to the first appellant company had been sold when encl 52 was heard.

[3] The appellants appealed against this order (Civil Appeal No: N-02-802-97), that is, the appeal before us.

[4] In respect of encl 60, the learned judge dismissed the application for the return of the grants of titles for Lot 2330 to Lot 2334, Mukim Setul, Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus owned by the second respondent and deposited with the appellants as security by the first respondent.

[5] The respondents appealed against this order (Civil Appeal No: N-02-3-96).

[6] The two orders made in respect of encls 52 and 60 are embodied in one order of the court dated 5 December 1997 (see the supplementary record).

[7] When we allowed the appeal before us and set