State Of Punjab And Anr vs Devans Modern Brewaries Ltd. And Anr on 20 November, 2003
360. Judicial discipline envisages that a coordinate bench follow the
decision of earlier coordinate bench. If a coordinate bench does not agree
with the principles of law enunciated by another bench, the matter may be
referred only to a larger bench. (See Pradip Chandra Parija v. Pramod
Chandra Patnaik, followed in State of Tripura v. Roop Chand Das and Ors.,
But no decision can be arrived at contrary to or inconsistent with the law
laid down by the coordinate bench.