Supreme Court of India

VIJAY SHANKAR PANDEYversusUNION OF INDIA & ANR.

Citation: 2014 INSC 663
Decided: 24 September 2014
Disposal: Order on PUD/Clerical error
Bench: JASTI CHELAMESWARA K SIKRI

Holding

The Supreme Court may correct factual errors in its judgments and accordingly amended paragraph 44 to replace the incorrect name.

Summary

In Civil Appeal No. 9043 of 2014, the Supreme Court was informed by senior counsel Pallav Shishodia that a factual mistake existed in paragraph 44 of its judgment dated 22 September 2014, where the name "Jasveer Singh" was incorrectly stated. The Court exercised its inherent power to correct such errors and amended the paragraph to replace the name with the correct "Suneel Kumar". No substantive legal issues were revisited, and the correction was made solely to rectify the factual inaccuracy. The order reflects the Court's procedural authority to amend its own judgments for factual correctness. The appeal itself was not otherwise altered, and the correction was the sole outcome of the order.

Issues considered

Whether the Supreme Court can correct a factual error in its own judgment after it has been pronounced

Subjects

judgment correctionfactual errorSupreme CourtCivil Appealprocedural amendment

Judgment

                  (2014] 13 S.C.R. 1265


                VIJAY SHANKAR PANDEY                                     A
                             v.
                 UNION OF INDIA&ANR.
              (Civil Appeal No. 9043of2014)
                                                                         B
                  SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
        .[J. CHELAMESWARANDA. K. SIKRI, JJ.]
       Judgment/Orders - Correction of factual error in earlier
judgment passed by the Supreme Court - Paragraph 44 of
 the judgement modified accordingly.                            C
     CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION : Civil Appeal
No. 9043 of2014.
     From the judgment and order dated 03.04.2014 of the
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench in W.P. D
No. 87 (S/B) of 2014.
      Pallav Shishodia, Sr.Adv., and Kamlendra Mishra, Adv.
for the Appellant.
      The following Order of the Court was passed :                      E
                         ORDER
     It is mentioned today by Mr. Pallav Shishodia, learned
senior counsel that in the Judgement delivered on 22nd
September, 2014 in this appeal, a factual error occured at F
paragraph 44. In the said paragraph, the name of Mr. Jasveer
Singh is mentioned whereas the correct name is Mr. Suneel
Kumar. The paragraph stands modified accordingly.

Nidhi Jain                        Error in earlier judgment corrected.




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