37. Temporary and perpetual injunctions.—(1) Temporary injunctions are such as are to continue until a specific time, or until the further order of the court, and they may be granted at any stage of a suit, and are regulated by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908).
(2) A perpetual injunction can only be granted by the decree made at the hearing and upon the merits of the suit; the defendant is thereby perpetually enjoined from the assertion of a right, or from the commission of an act, which would be contrary to the rights of the plaintiff.
Text of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 (Act No. 47 of 1963), as amended up to the Specific Relief (Amendment) Act, 2018. Source: India Code, Government of India.
Under sub-section (1), temporary injunctions continue until a specified time or until the court's further order. They can be granted at any stage of a suit and are regulated by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. Under sub-section (2), a perpetual injunction can be granted only by a decree made at the hearing and on the merits of the suit. It perpetually stops the defendant from asserting a right, or doing an act, that is contrary to the plaintiff's rights.
