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2023 Supreme(Ori) 301

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
B.R.SARANGI, B.P.SATAPATHY, JJ.
Gannor Dunkerley & Co. Ltd. – Petitioner
Versus
State of Odisha and others - Opposite Parties
W.P. (C) No. 25034 of 2022
Decided On : 06-02-2023

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. S.R. Mohanty, Adv.
For the Opp. Parties :Mr. A.K. Parija, Advocate General

Judicial consistency mandates that analogous cases be decided similarly to uphold legal principles and avoid conflicting judgments.

Headnote:(A) Odisha General Clauses Act, 1937 - The court examined the principles of analogous cases and their relevance in judgments.

(B) Writ Jurisdiction - In cases of analogous judgments, the court emphasizes the importance of consistency in judicial decisions.

Facts of the case:
The petitioner, Gannor Dunkerley & Co. Ltd., filed a writ petition which was found to be similar in nature to a previously dismissed writ petition.

Findings of Court:
The writ petition was dismissed based on the reasons stated in the analogous judgment.

Issues: The main issue was whether the current writ petition was analogous to the earlier one and thus warranted a similar dismissal.

Ratio Decidendi: The court upheld that when cases are analogous, consistent application of legal principles necessitates dismissal of the current writ petition based on prior findings.

Result: Writ petition dismissed.

Table of Content
1. introduction to the case (Para 1)
2. hearing of counsel for parties (Para 2)
3. issue is analogous to another case (Para 3)
4. writ petition dismissed based on earlier judgment (Para 4)

Order :

This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

2. Heard Mr. S.R. Mohanty, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. A.K. Parija, learned Advocate General.

3. It is agreed by learned counsel for the parties that the issue involved in this Writ Petition is analogous to W.P.(C) No. 35081 of 2022 (Gannon Dunkerly & Co. Ltd., New Delhi V. State of Odisha and Another), which has been dismissed by this Court, vide judgment passed today (06.02.2023).

4. Therefore, in view of the detailed reasons stated in the judgment dated 06.02.2023 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No. 35081 of 2022 (Gannon Dunkerly & Co. Ltd., New Delhi V. State of Odisha and Another), this writ petition stands dismissed in terms of the said judgment.

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