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19. Further, issue of additional shares in violation of the proper and legal procedure prescribed was already an act of oppression on the part of the respondents and to top it with effort to take advantage of their wrong, the respondents have made an alternative plea to give the option to buy the petitioners' shareholding. Granting such a request would amount to awarding the wrongdoer and penalizing the oppressed party. In the circumstances of this case, asking the oppressed to sell his share to the oppressor not only fails to redress the wrong done to the oppressed but would also result in heavy monetary loss to the petitioners. Except in unusual circumstances, the majority group of shareholders should never be ordered or directed to sell their shares to the minority group of shareholders. An order directing the majority group of shareholders to sell his shares to the minority group of shareholders will not redress the wrong done to the majority group of shareholders and will-not give him sufficient compensation or relief against the act of oppression complained of by him, and, on the other hand, may add to his suffering and grievances and cause him greater hardship. Such an order will not further the ends of justice and indeed the cause of justice may be defeated.