Supreme Court of India

Government of Tamil Nadu & Others v. R. Thamaraiselvam Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [2023] 4 S.C.R. 851
Bench M. R. Shah and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 4 May 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, Criminal Appeal No. 275/2022 which was with respect to private persons by which the Criminal case between the parties is ordered to be transferred to the regular C ourt from the Special Court (Land Grabbing) deserves to be dismissed and is accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Land Grabbing: Land grabbing matters – By a Government Order, the State of Tamil Nadu, constituted Anti Lan d Grabbing Special Cells in Tamil Nadu for investigating the cases pertaining to land grabbing, however, without defining land grabbing c ases – By the other Government Order the land grabbing cases were ordered to be transferred to the Special Courts constituted to exclusively deal with the land grabbing cases – Writ Petitions against th e said .Os – High Court set aside the .Os on the ground that the same does not lay down any yardstick or guideline to pick and choose and select

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