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..... business of ambewela farm managed by the national livestock development board. the said board was said to have been established by an order published in the government gazette of sri lanka on 4/5/1973 under and in terms of section 2 of the state agriculture corporations act no. 11/1972, (b) at the request of the defendant to supply 100 metric tons of potato seedlings by contract dated 18/10/1993 as was agreed between the plaintiffs predecessor and the defendant that the plaintiff's predecessor ..... having agreed to make payment for the same, (d) as such at the request of the defendant the plaintiff sold and delivered the said quantity of seedlings for a price of 7 million rupees and the defendant acknowledged the receipt of the same, (e) having given credit in a sum of rs.2,307,810/- being the amount paid by the defendant, a balance sum of rs.4,694,000/- became due and owing from the defendant to the plaintiff and the defendant failed and neglected to pay the same, and (f) in the alternative .....
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..... good chance of winning." the question that should be taken into consideration prior to the grant of an interim injunction was examined by h.n.g. fernando, j. (as he then was) in dissanayake v agricultural and industrial credit corporation ((1962) 64 n.l.r. 283), where it was stated thus: " in an application for an interim injunction the proper question to decide is "whether there is a serious matter to be tried at the hearing". if it appears from pleadings already filed that such a matter ..... by this court would be the grant of the interim injunction by the district court. injunctions are a well known form of equitable relief which has to be considered on the basis of the facts of each case. in felix dias bandaranayake v the state film corporation and another ([1981] 2 sri l.r. 287), considering the instances where the court has to issue an interim injunction during the pendency of the action, reference was made to the provisions contained in section 86 and 87 of the courts ordinance. .....
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P.A. Ratnayake, J. The Petitioners in this case have filed this application in the public interest complaining of a violation of Article 12(1) of the Constitution in the alienation of the lands referred to therein and the granting of permission for construction of buildings on such lands. The 1st Petitioner is a non- profit making company incorporated under the laws of Sri Lanka and according to the Memorandum of Association annexed marked P1B to the Petition, the objects include the monitoring of State Departments and Regulatory Agencies so as to ensure that the public interest in protecting the environment is fully considered in their administrative actions. The 2nd and 3rd Petitioners are persons who are residing in close proximity to the Victoria Reservoir. The Petitioners allege that the alienation and granting of permission for construction of buildings in the lands which are the subject matter of this application had been done in an arbitrary and adhoc manner in violation of the...
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