State Of Rajasthan vs Parmeshwar Ramlal Joshi 2025 INSC 1205 - Criminal Court - Review Jurisdiction
Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 362,482 - [Section 403,528 BNSS] - A criminal Court has no power to recall or review its own judgment. The only permissible action is to correct or rectify clerical errors by virtue of Section 403 BNSS [Section 362 CrPC] The court is not empowered to review its own decision under the purported exercise of inherent power.
Case Info
Key Details
- Case name: State Of Rajasthan vs Parmeshwar Ramlal Joshi and Others.
- Neutral citation: 2025 INSC 1205.
- Coram: Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta.
- Judgment date: October 08, 2025 (New Delhi).
- Appeal numbers: Criminal Appeal @ SLP(Crl.) Nos. 2797-2798 of 2025; connected SLP(Crl.) Nos. 3308-3309 of 2025 and 3310-3311 of 2025.
Caselaws and citations
- Simrikhia v. Dolley Mukherjee and Chhabi Mukherjee, (1990) 2 SCC 437.
- Superintendent & Remembrancer of Legal Affairs v. Mohan Singh, (1975) 3 SCC 706.
- Sooraj Devi v. Pyare Lal, (1981) 1 SCC 50.
Statutes / laws referred
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Sections 156(3), 362 (bar on review; clerical errors), 482 (inherent powers).
- Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS): Sections 528 [parallel to 482 CrPC], 403 [parallel to 362 CrPC].
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC): Sections 406, 420, 384, 379, 120-B, 467, 468, 471, 425, 427, 217, 218, 34, 452, 380.
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS): Sections 303(2), 333, 305(a), 60(a)
