' They should bear the consequences of the advice tendered to them by their legal advisers...' INDIGO HOTELS & RESORTS LTD v SIX CONTINENTS HOTELS, INC & 2 ORS , 2022 SCJ 38 SCR 11529828th January 2022 Interlocutory Judgment delivered by Hon. N. F. Oh San-Bellepeau ; CIE SHAKO LTD v THE REGISTRAR GENERAL 1997 SCJ 50 , 1997 MR 23 , 050/97 RECORD NO. 51888,25 February 1997 Judgment delivered by Hon. V. Boolell. 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋𝐒 ( 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 ) 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 , 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐃 '𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬' 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞.

𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋𝐒 ( 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 ) 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 , 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐃 '𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬' 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞.

I recall there was a Court Judgment
INDIGO HOTELS & RESORTS LTD v SIX CONTINENTS HOTELS, INC & 2 ORS , 2022 SCJ 38 SCR 115298
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MAURITIUS
I quote Pg 10
'.......In the circumstances, we can only agree with the admonition contained in Cie Shako, where the learned Judges remarked that since the wrong procedure had undoubtedly been followed, the appellants would have to “bear the consequences of the advice tendered to them by their legal advisers.”
28th January 2022
Interlocutory Judgment delivered by Hon. N. F. Oh San-Bellepeau
and the case Judgment
CIE SHAKO LTD v THE REGISTRAR GENERAL
1997 SCJ 50 , 1997 MR 23 , 050/97
RECORD NO. 51888, THE SUPREME COURT OF MAURITIUS
I quote Pg 5
'....They have no doubt followed the
wrong procedure. They should bear the consequences of the advice tendered to them by their legal advisers...'
25 February 1997
Judgment delivered by Hon. V. Boolell.

A very interesting Case about GANDIA Leaves ; guilty and condemned 14 years prison. THE STATE v S. GOPAUL 2025 SCJ 494 Record No. SCS 1/24 . Judgement delivered by M.S. Manrakhan Judge 24 October 2025

A very interesting Case about GANDIA Leaves ; guilty and condemned 14 years prison.

THE STATE v S. GOPAUL
2025 SCJ 494
Record No. SCS 1/24
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MAURITIUS
(Criminal Division)

'Mr. Gopaul, aged 49, has pleaded guilty to an information charging him with unlawful
possession of cannabis leaves for the purpose of selling, with an averment of trafficking. On
the basis of his guilty plea I have found him guilty as charged'
During the police search, Mr. Gopaul was caught in his kitchen with a transparent
plastic sachet containing 231.7 grams of dried cannabis leaves.
Cannabis is commonly known as gandia in Mauritius.
I accordingly sentence Mr. Gopaul to 14 years’ penal servitude together with a fine of
Rs. 25,000.

Judgement delivered by 
M.S. Manrakhan Judge
24 October 2025