Interim protection over sugar mills granted; transfer and encumbrance restrained while operational use was permitted pending further orders.

Interim relief was granted in relation to the sugar mills pending further orders. Notice was issued, returnable within six weeks. The respondents were allowed to continue using the mills as sugar mills and to make them functional if they had gone out of production, but they were restrained from transferring or otherwise encumbering the mills without the Court's permission.

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Issues: Whether notice should be issued and interim protection granted restraining the respondents from transferring or encumbering the sugar mills pending further orders.

Outcome: Notice issued, returnable within six weeks. Pending further orders, the respondents were permitted to use the sugar mills as sugar mills and make them functional if they had gone out of production, but were restrained from transferring or otherwise encumbering them without the Court's permission.

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