C.A. No. 003804 / 2025

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A High Court exercising writ jurisdiction is duty-bound to adjudicate the contentions raised in a petition on their own merits; mechanically disposing of a writ petition by extracting orders from a prior, distinct proceeding—without addressing the substantive grievances—constitutes a failure of judicial adjudication and renders the order unsustainable. As analyzed on casestatus.in, where the subject matter of two petitions is distinct, the latter cannot be dismissed by mere reference to the former.