#clerical error

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has affirmed that clerical mistakes in compromise applications - such as misidentifying parties in survey number allocations - can be rectified under the court’s inherent powers under Sections 151 and 153 CPC, even after decree issuance. This ruling empowers litigants to correct inadvertent drafting errors without reopening substantive agreements, reinforcing that procedural technicalities must not defeat the ends of justice in civil compromises.

HP High Court rules that bona fide students cannot be denied their LLB degree due to university clerical errors in admission lists. The judgment reinforces that administrative lapses must not prejudice students' right to education, relying on the precedent in Pratima Das v. State of H.P.

The Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled that a student who completed an LLB course and cleared all examinations cannot be denied a degree due to clerical errors in university records. The court directed the university to issue the degree within four weeks of a mark correction application, emphasizing that bona fide students should not suffer for administrative lapses.

The Bombay High Court has ruled that once a recovery certificate is issued, the authority becomes functus officio and cannot later insert interest without a fresh adjudication, even if the interest was mathematically calculable. This reinforces that clerical corrections cannot substantively alter liability, protecting borrowers from unilateral administrative expansion of debt beyond the original order.

Madhya Pradesh High Court clarifies that Section 152 CPC permits correction of clerical omissions where judgment clearly intends a finding but fails to reflect it in the decree.

Madhya Pradesh High Court holds that default bail under Section 187(3) BNSS cannot be denied due to unverified clerical entries; burden lies on prosecution to prove actual filing of charge sheet.

Madhya Pradesh High Court holds that clerical errors in divorce decrees affecting official documentation can be corrected under Section 152 CPC, reinforcing procedural fairness and administrative coherence.