Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 839 · Decided 7 December 2011
State of Punjab v. Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar & ORS. Etc
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 839 · [2011] 15 S.C.R. 540
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 753/2009
- Decided
- 7 December 2011
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, A.K. PATNAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; Constitution Article 137, 32
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: c s.362 - Alteration/Modification of judgment - Permissibility of - Held: There is no power of review with the Criminal Court after judgment has been rendered - High Court can alter or review its judgment before it is signed - When judgment/order is be reviewed - 0 s.362 is based on an acknowledged principle of law that.once .a matter is finally disposed of by a Court, the said Court in the absence of a specific statutory provision becomes functus officio and is disentit/ed to entertain a fresh prayer for any relief unless the former order of
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