Criminal Courts Cannot Recall or Review Their Own Judgments Except for Clerical or Arithmetical Errors: Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling on Section 362 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), held that criminal courts cannot review or recall their own judgments, except to correct clerical or arithmetical errors. This clarification came while setting aside a Delhi High Court order that had previously reopened perjury proceedings related to a long-standing corporate dispute between the Bakshi Group and the Khosla Group. Background of…