Correct Answer:
B. Goods may spoil causing huge loss
Interim relief is granted when there is an urgent need to prevent significant, often irreversible, harm before the main case can be fully adjudicated. In the example, the EPO (Ex-Parte Order) was suspended because goods may spoil causing huge loss (B). This represents a clear and immediate threat of irreparable financial damage, which is a primary justification for granting interim relief. The court acts to mitigate such losses.
- (A) Whether the EO was wrong is the ultimate question to be decided in the main case, not the immediate reason for interim relief.
- (C) The shopkeeper was powerful is irrelevant to the legal criteria for granting interim relief.
- (D) If the nuisance was minor, it would likely not meet the threshold for urgent interim relief, which is reserved for substantial harm.