Finnegan v. Galadari Hotels (Lanka) Ltd. – sllr 1989 volume 2 page 272

In the case between Galadari Hotels (Lanka) Ltd. (plaintiff) and Paul Finnegan, General Manager of Galadari Meridien Hotel (defendant), the court addressed whether an ex parte enjoining order under Section 664 of the Civil Procedure Code could be suspended by the District Court using inherent powers without granting the plaintiff a fair hearing. It was held that suspending the enjoining order without affording the plaintiff a hearing was improper, underscoring the necessity of inter partes adjudication for such orders. The court relied on Sections 664, 666, and 839 of the Civil Procedure Code and established case law, emphasizing that natural justice and the audi alteram partem principle preclude the suspension of substantive orders without due process. The decision reaffirmed that the exe