Criminal Court Cannot Review Or Recall Its Judgment Except To Correct Clerical Errors : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court elucidated the limited scope of a criminal court’s power to review or recall its own judgment post-pronouncement. The Court held that such powers are narrow and primarily confined to rectifying clerical or arithmetical errors, accidental slips, or omissions that do not trespass into the arena of substantive re-examination of findings. Absent a statutory or procedural provision expressly permitting substantive review by the trial court, judicial propriety forbids a trial forum from reopening factual conclusions or re-weighing evidence already subject to adjudication; such matters fall to appellate forums by established criminal appellate channels. The ruling cautions against invocation of recall/review to obtain rehearing of contentions already finally decided, setting boundaries to preserve finality, prevent misuse and protect the appellate structure as the appropriate remedy for substantive grievances.