Bombay High Court

SALIM GAFFAR ALI SHAIKHversusREVENUE DEPARTMENT

Decided: 18 March 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: A S GADKARI KAMAL KHATA

Holding

The court held that the erroneous date is a clerical error and may be corrected without affecting the substantive order.

Summary

The petitioners filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court. The court’s order dated 18 March 2026 mistakenly recorded the date ‘17 February 2016’ instead of ‘17 February 2026’. The petitioners sought a correction of this clerical error and asked that the corrected order be uploaded on the court’s website. The judges examined the praecipe and confirmed that the error was purely typographical and did not affect the substantive relief. Accordingly, the court ordered that the date be corrected to ‘17 February 2026’ and that a corrected order be posted online. The praecipe filed on 9 April 2026 was thereafter disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether the typographical error in the date of the order dated 18 March 2026 can be corrected as a clerical mistake?

Subjects

clerical error
order correction
writ petition
civil appellate jurisdiction
High Court of Bombay

Judgment

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                                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                               CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                                             WRIT PETITION NO.13181 OF 2023

                   Salim Gaffar Ali Shaikh & Anr.                           … Petitioners
                               V/s.
                   State of Maharashtra & Ors.                              … Respondents


                   None for the Petitioner in-person.
                   Mr. P.G.Sawant, AGP, for the Respondent-State.


                                                         CORAM :      A. S. GADKARI AND
                                                                      KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
                                                           DATE :     10th April, 2026.
                   P.C.:-

                   1)                 The praecipe dated 9th April, 2026, is circulated by Petitioner

                   No.1 in-person for ‘Speaking to the Minutes’ of Order dated 18 th March,

                   2026.

                   2)                 In para No.1 of the said Order, the date ‘17 th February, 2016’

                   has been erroneously typed instead of ‘17 th February, 2026’. The correct

                   date is ‘17th February, 2026’.

                   3)                 Order dated 18th March, 2026, be corrected accordingly and a

                   corrected Order be uploaded on the Official Website of High Court of

                   Bombay.

                   4)                 Praecipe dated 9th April, 2026 is accordingly disposed off.



                                   (KAMAL KHATA, J.)                   (A.S. GADKARI, J.)
          Digitally signed
          by SANDHYA
SANDHYA BHAGU                                                                                            1/1
BHAGU   WADHWA
WADHWA Date:
        2026.04.20
          12:47:31 +0530

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