Reviewed case brief

Mulla v. Sohan Lal

AIR 1951 All 612

## Summary

CPCjudgmentorder-XX-rule-3slip-rulealterationfinality-of-judgmentclerical-error
Court
Allahabad High Court
Year
1951
Subjects
Civil Procedure Code and Law of Limitation
Reviewed
2026-06-29

Rule established

Once a judgment is signed, it cannot be varied or altered except to correct a clerical or arithmetical mistake under the slip rule (Order XX Rule 3). The judge cannot recall and substantively alter a signed judgment.

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    Issues

      Held

        Ratio decidendi

        How to use it in an exam

        Editorial source

        AIR 1951 All 612; verified via standard CPC references

        Educational summary only. Read the reported judgment or an authorised law report before relying on the case professionally.