M/S Bajaj Industries And Another v. Punjab Agro Food Grains Corporation Limited
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Brijesh Kumar @ Brijesh' case (supra) and Amit Kapoor's case (supra). In the instant case, while imposing condition of deposit of 20% of compensation amount, the learned appellate Court is not
+. shown to have given any opportunity to the petitioner to make submissions regarding the exceptional circumstances warranting requirement of waiver of depositing of 20% of compensation amount and is shown to have imposed the said condition without the same. Therefore, keeping in view the settled proposition of law to the effect that the appellate Court was firstly required to consider as to whether the instant case falls within the exceptions warranting grant of suspension of sentence without imposing condition of deposit of 20% of compensation amount/fine, the impugned order dated 20.10.2023 cannot be stated to be sustainable to the extent to which the condition of deposit of 20% of the compensation amount was imposed. Accordingly, the same is set aside to that extent.
The matter is remanded to learned appellate Court for deciding the same afresh after re-examining the case by granting an opportunity to the petitioners to make submissions regarding exceptional circumstances warranting waiver of requirement of depositing 20% of the compensation amount in pursuance of judgment passed by Hon'ble Supreme Court in Jambo Bhandari's case (supra). The petition stands disposed of.
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