Interim relief in directorship dispute refused where injunction would conflict with civil court orders and an unchallenged EGM removal.

Interim relief in the company petition was declined because the requested injunction would have conflicted with an existing civil court order and the earlier vacation of interim protection. The relief initially sought concerned restraint on removal from directorship and termination from the hospital role, but the subsequent EGM removing the appellant from directorship was not part of the original challenge, so continuance as director could not be ordered without assailing that EGM. Allegations of forum shopping and the pending nature of the company petition also weighed against appellate intervention at the interim stage. Refusal of interim relief was therefore upheld.

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Issues: Whether interference was warranted with the order declining interim relief in the company petition, especially where the requested injunction would conflict with the civil court's order and the challenged relief did not yet encompass the subsequent removal from directorship.

Analysis: The interim relief sought in the company petition was to restrain removal from directorship and termination from the hospital role. The subsequent EGM removing the appellant from directorship was not part of the principal challenge when the petition was filed, and no injunction could be granted for continuance as director without impeaching that EGM. The pending civil suit and the earlier order vacating interim injunction also meant that granting similar relief in the company appeal would create a contradictory order. The existence of allegations of forum shopping and the pending character of the company petition further weighed against appellate interference at the interim stage.

Conclusion: Interference was not warranted and the refusal of interim relief was upheld.

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