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Amresh Shrivastava v. The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors.

Dispute arose as to whether the power exercised by Appellant in his capacity as a Tehsildar, while passing a Land Settlement Order-…

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
31 Mar 2025
Citation
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 488
Case no.
CIVIL APPEAL No. 10590/2024
Bench
Abhay S. Oka, Augustine George Masih

Issue for consideration

Dispute arose as to whether the power exercised by Appellant in his capacity as a Tehsildar, while passing a Land Settlement Order- a quasi-judicial order u/s.57(2) of Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959, could be considered of a nature that would warrant him. The questions for consideration were (i) whether the chargesheet issued to appellant by Respondent-State fell within the scope of observations carved out by this Court in K.K. Dhawan case; and (ii) Whether inordinate unexplained delay in issuance of the chargesheet (in this case 14 years)

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