BJS Preparation Series: Special Note on Similar Sections of Laws
BJS Preparation Series: Special Note on Similar Sections of Laws Question: Whether a criminal court can alter or review its judgment after it has signed the same? Answer: No, in a criminal case, the court cannot alter or review its judgment once it has been signed, except to correct a clerical error. (Section 369 of CrPC, 1898) Question: Whether a court in a civil suit can correct clerical or arithmetical mistakes in its judgments, decrees, or orders? Answer: Yes, under Section 152 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 a court in a civil suit can correct clerical or arithmetical mistakes, or errors arising from accidental slip or omission in its judgments, decrees, or orders at any time, either on its own motion or on the application of any party. The Evidence Act, 1872. Indecent and scandalous questions 151. The Court may forbid any questions or inquiries which it regards as indecent or scandalous, although such questions or inquir...