Question No.(V) : Whether the observation in para (13) of the judgment in Vasant Tatoba Hargude and others v. Dikkaya Muttaya Pujari (AIR 1980 Bombay 341) that in the event of there being conflict, the decision of later Bench would bind only lays down that judgment later in point of time as explaining the earlier judgment would bind ?
Answer : In the light of the decisions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of State of U.P. And Ors. Vs. Ajay Kumar Sharma and Anr. (supra) and New India Assurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd. (supra), we answer this question to the effect that, in case of conflict between the decisions of Co-ordinate Benches, it is not the later but the earlier one in point of time, which should be followed and applied by the Subordinate Courts to the facts and circumstances of a case before it, unless, of-
course, earlier decision is considered and explained in the later decision.
Bombay High Court
Shri Prakash Gobindram Ahuja vs Shri Ganesh Pandharinath Dhonde ... on 4 October, 2016
CORAM : S.C. DHARMADHIKARI & DR. SHALINI PHANSALKAR-JOSHI, J.J.
PRONOUNCED ON : 4TH OCTOBER 2016.
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