TMI Blog2001 (7) TMI 1231X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ries. The petitioner submitted its bid. Vide letter dated 16-6-1995 the respondent No. 1 issued an Advance Purchase Order ( APO ) of Rs. 1,48,08,660. The petitioner-company sent its acceptance of the said APO by letter dated 5-7-1995 which was accompanied by performance of bank guarantee equivalent to 5 per cent of the value of the APO. Thereafter, Firm Purchase Order ( FPO ) dated 3-11-1995 was placed upon the petitioner-company. The petitioner-company alleges that the prices mentioned in the FPO were significantly reduced at which the equipment was to be supplied and this downward revision of the prices amounted to committing fraud upon the petitioner-company by the respondent No. 1. It was not commercially viable to accept the terms co ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... efore the BIFR. The question is as to whether proceedings in this OMP, which is under section 9 of the Act, are to be suspended and stayed inasmuch as the objection of the respondent No. 1 is that the proceedings in this OMP are not the proceedings in a suit as per section 22 of the SICA, it is, inter alia , proceedings in a suit which are to be stayed. The learned counsel relied upon the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Agio Countertrade (P.) Ltd. v. Punjab Iron Steel Co. Ltd. JT 1999 (10) SC 248 1 as well as the Division Bench judgment of this Court in the case of Lloyd Insulations (India) Ltd. v. Cement Corpn. of India Ltd. 2001 II AD (Delhi) 567 2 . He also relied upon the judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... evant words are : no suit.... for the enforcement....of any guarantee in respect of any loans or advance granted to the industrial company shall lie without the consent of the Board or the appellate authority. The words are crystal clear. There is no ambigu-ity therein. It must, therefore, be held that no suit for the enforce-ment of a guarantee in respect of a loan or advance granted to the industrial company concerned will lie or can be proceeded with, without the sanction of the Board or the appellate authority under the said Act. 8. It is not possible to read the relevant words in section 22 as meaning that only a suit against the industrial company will not lie without such consent. There is no requirement in section 22, as analyse ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... . We are dealing with a totally different situation. Here the company has filed as the petitioner, proceedings under section 9. These proceedings are in the nature of interim application in contemplation of and during the pendency of the main case, i.e. , arbitration proceedings before the arbitral Tribunal. Such application for interim protection cannot be treated as suit . Furthermore if the interpretation suggested by the petitioner is to be accepted, it would lead to incongruous results. This would permit the persons like the petitioner to come to the Court obtain the injunction and then pray for stay of such proceedings thereby perpetuating the injunction without any decision on merits. This cannot be permitted. 5. It may be stat ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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