Bombay High Court

UNION OF INDIA THR. MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, DELHIversusKANWAR VILAS NATH AND ANR.

Decided: 18 April 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: SHARMILA U DESHMUKH

Holding

The court held that the minutes of order dated 18 April 2026 shall be corrected as per the specific amendments listed in the praecipe.

Summary

The Union of India filed a praecipe before the Bombay High Court seeking correction of clerical errors in the minutes of order dated 18 April 2026. The court examined the specific amendments proposed, which included changes to case numbers, dates, wording, and punctuation. No substantive legal dispute was raised, only the accuracy of the recorded order. The court found the corrections to be purely typographical and permissible. Accordingly, it ordered that the minutes be corrected in the manner specified. The corrected minutes are to be uploaded to the court’s records.

Issues considered

Whether the corrections sought in the praecipe should be incorporated into the minutes of order dated 18 April 2026

Subjects

court order correction
praecipe
civil procedure
typographical errors
High Court of Bombay

Judgment

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             IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                      CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                      SECOND APPEAL NO. 197 OF 2021
                                      [No papers]


 Union of India                                         ...Appellant
          Versus
 Kanwar Vilas Nath and Others                           ...Respondents

                            ——————
Mr. Naval Agarwal, Ms. Siddhi Doshi, Mr. Rohan Marathe i/b ALMT Legal
for Respondents.
                            ——————

                               CORAM : SHARMILA U. DESHMUKH, J.
                               DATE      : 29th APRIL, 2026.
P. C. :
1.        Not on Board. Upon mentioning, taken on Board.

2.        Praecipe has been moved for speaking to the minutes of order

dated 18th April, 2026.

3.        In order dated 18th April, 2026, following corrections be carried

out :

             (i) In first line of paragraph no. 2, replace “Special Civil
             Suit No. 9 of 2000” with “Special Civil Suit No. 99 of
             2006”.


             (ii) In 7th line of paragraph no. 3, after the words “20 th
             June, 1975”, add the words “for third installment
             then due” and in the same line, add “on” before “7th
             February, 1981” and replace “the Government issued


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           notices” with “the Government issued notice”.


           (iii) In 6th line of paragraph no. 4, replace “by Late Raj
           Nath” with “of Late Raj Nath”.


           (iv) In 6th line of paragraph no. 9, replace “1976” with
           “1972”.


           (v) In 12th line of paragraph no. 12, replace the word
           “written statement” with “affidavit of evidence in
           chief of Defendant No. 1’s witness for the first
           time”.


           (vi) In 7th line of paragraph no. 19, delete the words
           “to the transfer in favour of Raj Nath”.


           (vii) In 13th line of paragraph no. 21, insert comma
           after word “due” and replace the word “The” with
           “the”.

4.       Order to be corrected and uploaded accordingly.



                                        [SHARMILA U. DESHMUKH, J.]




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