JUDGEMENT
SAHIDULLAH MUNSHI, J. -
(1.) This revisional application is directed against an order
dated 2nd September, 2014, passed by the learned Civil Judge
(Senior Division), Arambagh, Hooghly, in Title Suit No.99 of
2012. By the order impugned the learned Judge has rejected the petitioners' application under Section 151 of the Code of Civil
Procedure praying for permission of the Court to complete an
unfinished construction.
(2.) This revisional application is at the instance of the
defendants in a suit for partition. The petitioner contends that
before the suit was filed the plaintiff and the defendant Nos.1 to
5 (petitioners herein) obtained a sanctioned plan jointly in respect of portions of one of the suit plots, namely, plot No.748
and started construction there at. After the suit was filed the
plaintiff also filed an application for temporary injunction which
was allowed by the learned Court below by an order dated 10th
January, 2013 whereby on consent of both the plaintiff and
defendant Nos.1 to 5 the injunction application was allowed and
the parties were directed to maintain status quo in respect of the
nature and character of the suit property as on date till disposal
of the suit. By virtue of such order passed on 10th January, 2013
the defendants/petitioners are unable to raise further
construction on their portion of plot No.748 which is one of the
suit plots. As a result of such restraint the
defendants/petitioners took out an application under Section
151 of the Code of Civil Procedure praying for an order to raise further construction on the portion of the suit plot so that he
could complete his construction. The said application under
Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure has been rejected by
the learned Court below by the order impugned, holding, inter
alia, that although, an order of injunction can be varied and/or
discharged under the provisions of Order XXXIX Rule 4 of the
Code of Civil Procedure in the event of undue hardship to any of
the parties but the facts and circumstances as transpired from
the materials on record does not reveal any such hardship as
contemplated under Order XXXIX Rule 4 of the Code and,
accordingly, the grounds of alleged hardship as contemplated by
the defendants in their petition under Section 151 of the Code of
Civil Procedure cannot be considered to be sufficient ground for
varying or discharging the order of injunction.
(3.) Learned advocate Mr. Rameshwar Bhattacharya appearing
for the petitioners submitted that learned Court below has very
illegally passed the impugned order and he ought to have
allowed the petitioners to raise further construction in the
portion of the suit property because the order of injunction can
also be modified under the provisions of Section 151 of the Code
of Civil Procedure. In support of his submission Mr.
Bhattacharya has relied on a judgment in the case of Shrimati
Satu Bala Dassi & Ors. Vs. Chaturanan Saha & Ors.
reported in (2014)3 WBLR (CAL) 318. The case is
distinguishable on fact and is not applicable to the present case.;
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