(1.) This appeal is directed against the judgment of a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court in a Letters Patent Appeal. Brief reference to the factual aspects would be necessary:
(2.) The appellant filed Suit No. 6954/72 in the Bombay City Civil Court against the respondent inter alia with the following prayers :
(3.) Certain interim reliefs were also claimed in this suit. The broad allegations made by the plaintiff in the plaint were as follows :