defendant. It is also their case that since defendants 2 and 3 had agreed to indemnify the plaintiff for the loss, if any, caused to them on account of negligence or dereliction of duty of the first defendant, they are also liable to the plaintiff for the amounts due from the first defendant. It is thus evident that the suit, as far as the first defendant is concerned, is a suit by a society against its agent and the suit as far as defendants 2 and 3 are concerned is a suit by a society against the indemnifiers under an indemnity bond obtained by them. There cannot be any doubt to the fact that if the jurisdiction of the civil court is excluded in respect of the dispute between the plaintiff and the first defendant, the jurisdiction of the civil court will also be excluded in respect of the dispute between the plaintiff and defendants 2 and 3, for, the liability of defendants 2 and 3 is dependent on the liability of the first defendant. The suit as against the first defendant, as indicated above, is a suit for realisation of the pecuniary loss caused by the first defendant to the plaintiff on account of the wrongful act committed by the first defendant. The said suit, in the circumstances, can be
