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State of Punjab v. Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar & Ors. Etc

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Reported as [2011] 15 S.C.R. 540
Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and A.K. Patnaik JJ.
Decided 7 December 2011

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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 passed, it cannot 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

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