9 of 2014 came to be filed by Joplin on 3.3.2014 before the Gujarat High Court.
13 of 2014 and 18 of 2013 are inter linked with Admiralty Suit No.
13 of 2014 came to be filed before the Gujarat High Court for recovery of a certain amount by one Compass Shipping Agency.
The operative portion of the two orders is as follows All the three suits including the present suit are interlinked and interconnected with Admirality Suit No.
The said applications were filed by Joplin with assertions that it is the lawful owner of the M.V. MEEM and that the applicant vide Memorandum of Agreement dated 27.2.2013 purchased V. MEEM from her then owners Marakeb S.A., Panama of Panama.
Joplin represented before the Bombay High Court that it would be filing a separate suit seeking arrest of the vessel and sought time till 3.3.2014 for filing such a suit and prayed the High Court number to release the vessel from arrest till then.
13 of 2014 and 18 of 2013 companyld number be disposed of.
Ltd., hereinafter referred to as Joplin for the sake of companyvenience, a Company registered under the Laws of British Virgin Islands having its office at British Virgin Islands filed two applications in Admiralty Suit No.
747 of 2014.
As numbered above, suit along with other companynected matters being listed together, order dated 03rd March, 2014 mentioned above passed in Admirality Suit No.
09 of 2014.
The Chamber Summons L No.
However, numberorder of arrest of the vessel is passed till date in the said suit.
94 of 2013, one seeking to intervene in the suit, and the second seeking the vacation of the order of arrest granted earlier.
9 of 2014, the other two Admiralty Suit Nos.
747 of 2014 in the Bombay High Court claiming to be mortgagee of the vessel in question.
On 11.4.2014, another Admiralty Suit No.
It appears that the claims of the plaintiffs in the three Suits Nos.
Bank of Sharjah plaintiff in Suit No.
The present Admirality Suit No.
36706 of 2014 and 991 of 2015 are filed by the owner of the vessel.
1880 of 2014 is filed by the Bank of Sharjah seeking the transfer of Admiralty Suit No.
The Bombay High Court allowed the withdrawal of the Admiralty Suits pending before it and companytinued the arrest of the vessel till 3.3.2014 in terms of the prayer of Joplin.
09 of 2014 and both are ordered to be heard together.
The operative portion of the order reads as follows Under the circumstances, numbercase is made out for interference to the impugned order passed by the learned Single Judge.
18 of 2013 is interlinked and interconnected with Admirality Suit No.
747 of 2014 filed an application No.622/14 in the suit of Compass Shipping Agency Admiralty Suit No.
9 of 2014 on the file of the Gujarat High Court to the Bombay High Court.
By an order dated 7.10.2014, High Court fixed the sale of the vessel by auction to take place on 30.10.2014.
On 28.10.2014, Compass Shipping Agency, plaintiff in Admiralty Suit No.
13 of 2014 seeking to intervene therein to settle the claim of Compass Shipping Agency to secure the release of the vessel1.
Aggrieved by the said orders, appeals were preferred by the Bank of Sharjah which came to be disposed of by an order dated 12.12.2014 without granting any relief to the appellants therein.
1880 of 2014 and an interim order of this Court dated 8.12.2014 staying all further proceedings in the Admiralty Suit No.
The claim of the respective plaintiffs are against the same vessel M.V. Meem.
Chelameswar, J. Permission to file T.P. C D. No.
In view of the said application, the sale of the vessel was deferred.
In the said suit, the Bank of Sharjah filed an application for the sale of the vessel.
Those appeals arose out of the Admiralty Suit Nos.
13 of 2014 on the file of High Court of Gujarat filed an Application Notice of Motion L No.
13 of 2014 and 18 of 2013.
13 of 2014 was prior in time to the Admiralty suit No.
2433 of 2014 before the Bombay High Court seeking stay of the sale of vessel on the ground that its Suit Admiralty Suit No.
Respondent No.1, Joplin Overseas Investments Pvt.
It is, in the background of the above mentioned litigation, these four matters came to be filed in this Court.
The said applications were supported by two affidavits dated 19.8.2013.
09 of 2014 had a reference to order passed in the present suit.
The relevant portion of the order reads as follows The learned Advocate appearing for the Intervenor Joplin Overseas Investment Ltd., informs the Court that he does number want to represent the Intervenor Joplin Overseas Investment Ltd., in the matter and seeks discharge.
By an order dated 9.12.2014, a learned Single Judge of the Gujarat High Court declined the prayer on the ground that Admiralty Suit Nos.
93, 94 and 1086 of 2013 filed before the Bombay High Court came to be settled and, therefore, an application was filed for the release of the vessel on 25.2.2014.
Two SLP C Nos.
On 5.8.2014, the Bank of Sharjah filed Admiralty Suit No.
The two special leave petitions mentioned above are filed aggrieved by a companymon order dated 12.12.2014 of the Gujarat High Court passed in Original Jurisdiction Appeals No.73, 74 and 75 of 2014.
In view of the order passed by the Honble Supreme Court in the transfer petition as above and the matters being interconnected, and when the Honble Supreme Court is seized with the case, propriety requires that in the facts and circumstances of the case, numberfurther orders are passed.
747 of 2014 from Bombay High Court to Gujarat High Court.
Two applications were filed by the defendants in the said suits praying that, the said suits be disposed of in terms of a settlement arrived at between the parties pursuant to the settlement of the claims of the respective plaintiffs of the said suit.
The said application was allowed by High Court on 9.9.2014.
Transfer Petition C D No.
Three Admiralty Suits bearing Nos.
In view of the order passed by the Honble Supreme Court in the Transfer Petition as above and the matters being interconnected, and when the Honble Supreme Court is seized with the case, propriety requires that in the facts and circumstances of the case, numberorders are passed.
Subsequently, the applications of Joplin came to be dismissed by an order of the Bombay High Court dated 20.12.2013.
Transfer Petition Civil No.
9 of 2014 Joplins suit and in view of the pendency of Transfer Petition C No.
Number of other applications came to be filed by various parties in the above mentioned suits, the details of which may number be necessary for the purpose of present litigation.
2295 of 2015 is filed by Joplin seeking transfer of Admiralty Suit No.
93, 94 and 1086/2013 came to be filed in the Bombay High Court and one Suit bearing No.18/2013 was filed in the Gujarat High Court by different plaintiffs on 14.8.2013, 7.8.2013, 5.12.2013 and 28.8.2013 respectively.
In the Suits bearing Nos.93, 94 and 18/13, orders of arrest of the vessel were passed.
