Bombay High Court

KULURAM KISAN KHAMKARversusSTATE OF MAHA. THR. SEC. SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPT. AND ORS

Decided: 7 July 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: G S KULKARNI AARTI A SATHE

Holding

The court held that the misspelling was a clerical error and ordered the correction of the petitioner's name in the order.

Summary

The petitioner, Kaluram Kisan Khamkar, filed a writ petition challenging the misspelling of his name in an order dated 7 July 2026. The High Court noted that the order incorrectly recorded the name as “Kuluram Kisan Khamkamr”. The petitioner, through counsel, sought a correction of the clerical error. The Court examined whether such a typographical mistake warranted a correction under the Rules of Court. It held that the error was purely clerical and did not affect the substantive rights of the parties. Accordingly, the Court ordered that the name be corrected to “Kaluram Kisan Khamkar” and that the corrected order be made available to the parties.

Issues considered

Whether the misspelling of the petitioner's name in the order constitutes a clerical error that can be corrected under the Rules of Court

Subjects

clerical error
order correction
writ petition
High Court
civil appellate jurisdiction

Judgment

                                                                                                      WP11405_2023.DOC
  2026:BHC-AS:28367-DB
                               This Order is Speaking to Minutes order of order dated //
                  Vidya Amin


                                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                              CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                                  WRIT PETITION NO. 11405 OF 2023

                        Kaluram Kisan Khamkar                                                    … Petitioner
                               Versus
                        State of Maharashtra & Ors.                                              … Respondents
                                                                    _________

                         Ms. Pranita Pramod Hingmire for the petitioner.
                                                         __________

                                                                  CORAM:           G. S. KULKARNI &
                                                                                   AARTI SATHE, JJ.
                                                                  DATE:            14 JULY 2026

                        P.C.
                        1.        Not on board. Upon mentioning, taken on board on a praecipe as moved

                        on behalf of the petitioner for speaking to minutes of the order dated 7 July,

                        2026.


                        2.        In the said order, the name of the petitioner “Kuluram Kisan Khamkar” is

                        wrongly mentioned, hence the same is deleted and substituted by “Kaluram Kisan

                        Khamkar”.


                        3.        The order dated 7 July, 2026 be corrected and made available to the

                        parties.




                        (AARTI SATHE, J.)                                                  (G. S. KULKARNI, J.)




Signed by: Vidya S. Amin                                          Page 1 of 1
Designation: PS To Honourable Judge                              14 July 2026
Date: 14/07/2026 16:47:07

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