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" There is no definition of "oppression" as such in the Companies Act, 1956, but events shall have to be shown in such a manner so as to depict a continuous state of affairs which would lead the court to come to the conclusion that the affairs of the company and the management thereof are being conducted in a manner oppressive to some members of the company. An isolated act of indiscipline or indifference or even deprivation by itself would not bring home the charge of oppression. There shall have to be a continuity of a burdensome, harsh and wrongful conduct. As a matter of fact, the conduct of the oppressor towards the oppressed shall have to be such as to evince an existing element of absence of fair dealing or lack of probity.