Bombay High Court
KARTIK DHANPALversusHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The court may correct inadvertent mistakes in its judgment by directing the registry to amend and re‑upload the corrected judgment.
Summary
The applicant, Kartik Dhanpal, filed an interim application seeking correction of three inadvertent errors in a judgment dated 13 March 2026. The errors involved the FIR number, the chargesheet reference number, and the nomenclature of the court. The applicant argued that these mistakes required correction for proper interpretation of the judgment. The Court examined whether it could amend its own judgment to rectify such clerical errors without a fresh hearing. It held that the court may correct inadvertent mistakes by issuing an order directing the registry to amend the judgment and re‑upload it with the judge’s signature. Accordingly, the interim application was allowed and disposed.
Issues considered
- Whether a court may correct inadvertent clerical errors in its judgment through an interim application without a fresh hearing
Subjects
- correction of judgment
- interim application
- criminal appellate jurisdiction
- procedural law
- clerical errors
Judgment
16. CRI IA 2494-26.odt
Amberkar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 2494 OF 2026
IN
WRIT PETITION NO. 2496 OF 2024
Kartik Dhanpal .. Applicant
Versus
State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Respondents
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Mr. Ulkesh Gangurde a/w Payoshi Roy & Palak Dubey, Advocates
for Applicant
Ms. Shilpa G. Talhar, APP for State
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CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J.
DATE : SEPTEMBER 3, 2026
P. C.:
1. Heard Mr. Gangurde, learned Advocate for Applicant and Ms.
Talhar, learned APP for State.
2. Present Interim Application is filed for speaking to the minutes
of the judgment dated 13.03.2026 passed by this Court (Coram :
Ashwin D. Bhobe, J.).
3. It is stated that in the said judgement there are three
inadvertent mistakes in paragraph No. 3 which are required to be
corrected for correct reading of the said judgment and for its
interpretation.
3.1. The number of the FIR wrongly mentioned as "43" in line No. 3
of paragraph No. 3 be corrected to "28". Further chargesheet bearing
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No. "PW/1800433/2024" be corrected to "PW/1800463/2024" in line
No. 8 of the said paragraph. Further nomenclature of Court which is
stated as "81st Court" in line number 9 shall be corrected to "18th
Court".
4. The aforesaid corrections are directed to be carried out in the
said judgment and corrected judgment be uploaded again after
obtaining signature of the concerned Judge by the Registry in
accordance with law.
5. For the present, this order and judgment dated 13.03.2026 shall
be read together.
6. Interim Application is allowed and disposed.
Amberkar [ MILIND N. JADHAV, J. ]
Digitally
signed by
RAVINDRA
RAVINDRA MOHAN
MOHAN AMBERKAR
AMBERKAR Date:
2026.09.03
18:10:40
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