Supreme Court of India

PRAVEEN KUMAR C.PversusKERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION & ORS.

Citation: 2022 INSC 112
Decided: 28 January 2022
Disposal: Appeal(s) allowed
Bench: L NAGESWARA RAO BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI

Holding

The cause title shall be corrected to read "Kerala Public Service Commission & Ors."

Summary

In a miscellaneous application (No. 1769 of 2021) filed in Civil Appeal No. 4846 of 2021, the petitioner sought correction of a typographical error in the cause title of the judgment dated 17‑08‑2021. The judgment incorrectly read the respondent's name as "Kerala Public Service Commission Commission & Ors." The Supreme Court examined the application and, without addressing any substantive issues, allowed the correction. The Court ordered that the cause title be read as "Kerala Public Service Commission & Ors." The application was consequently disposed of as allowed.

Issues considered

Whether a correction in the cause title of a judgment may be granted under the procedural rules.

Subjects

cause title correction
civil appeal
service law
appointment
miscellaneous application
judgment correction

Judgment

1056             SUPREME COURT
                           [2022]REPORTS
                                  1 S.C.R. 1056                      [2022] 1 S.C.R.


 A                              PRAVEEN KUMAR C.P
                                              v.
              KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION & ORS.
                      (Miscellaneous Application No. 1769 of 2021)
 B                                           In
                            (Civil Appeal No. 4846 of 2021)
                                   JANUARY 28, 2022
                [L. NAGESWARA RAO AND B. R. GAVAI, JJ.]
 C            Service law – Appointment – Application for correction in
       the cause title of the judgment dtd.17.08.2021 passed in C.A.No.4846
       of 2021 – Held: Allowed – Name of the respondent(s) in the cause
       title shown as Kerala Public Service Commission Commission &
       Ors., be read as Kerala Public Service Commission & Ors.
 D           CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Miscellaneous Application
       No. 1769 of 2021 In Civil Appeal No. 4846 of 2021.
             From the Judgment and Order dated 18.12.2019 of the High Court
       of Kerala at Ernakulam in OP(KAT) No.518 of 2019.

 E            Vipin Nair, C. K. Sasi, Advs. for the Respondents.
              By Courts Motion
              The following Order of the Court was passed:
                                         ORDER
 F           1. The application for correction in the Cause Title of the judgment
       dated 17.08.2021 passed in C.A.No.4846/2021is allowed.
              2. Accordingly, the name of the respondent(s) in the cause title is shown
       as KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMMISSION & ORS.,
       shall now be read as KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION &
 G     ORS.
             3. Miscellaneous Application is accordingly, allowed. Pending
       application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.


       Divya Pandey                                    Miscellaneous Application allowed.
 H
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