Dipak Saha vs Smt. Bakul Bala Saha And Ors. on 16 March, 2006
21. Seeking the amendment aforesaid, Mr. Chowdhury, learned Counsel for the petitioner has forcefully contended that though the substitution of defendant No. 2 by his legal representatives i.e. his wife, minor sons and daughters who are to be represented by their mother, was principally allowed by the trial Court at its initial stage, as noticed above, the cause title of the plaint was not corrected incorporating the names of the legal representatives and also showing that the minors so mentioned above were represented by their mother, the wife of defendant No. 2, which was being purely the duty of the office. Since the decree of the trial Court has been merged with the decree of the final appellate Court i.e. in the Second Appeals before this Court, the judgment and decree need to be corrected by the Hon'ble High Court for which this application has been made to cause the appropriate correction. It is also contended that initially the application for amendment of such nature was filed before the trial Court i.e. Civil Judge, Senior Division inadvertently and by committing a bona fide mistake inasmuch as since the judgment and decree have already been merged with the appellate Court's judgment and decree passed by this Court in Second Appeals, the amendment petition ought to have been filed before this High Court. Nevertheless, looking into such defect, being apparent on the face of the record, the trial Court ought not to have entertained the application for amendment so preferred by the petitioner as the trial Court has no jurisdiction to hear and decide such type of petition for correction of judgment which was already merged with the appellate Court's judgment. Such fact situation was clear from his order dated 7-9-2002 itself where the Court citing the authorities of the Apex Court as well as Punjab & Haryana High Court reported in AIR 2001 SC 2316 K. Raja Mouli v. A.V.K.N. Swami and in AIR 1986 Punjab & Haryana 402 Nishabar Singh v. Local Gurdwara Committee, Manjisahib, Karnel and Anr., held that since the decree of the trial Court was merged with the appellate decree, the trial Court was left without any jurisdiction to amend the decree.