Smt. Bachahan Devi & Anr vs Nagar Nigam, Gorakhpur & Anr on 5 February, 2008
"A letters patent appeal as permitted under the letters patent is
normally an intra-Court appeal whereunder Letters Patent Bench,
sitting as a Court of Correction, corrects its own orders in exercise
20 Refer Arvind Kumar Jaiswal v. Devendra Prasad Jaiswal Varun, 2023 SCC OnLine SC 146,
Shivakumar v. Sharanabasappa, (2021) 11 SCC 277, and Bachahan Devi v. Nagar Nigam, Gorakhpur,
(2008) 12 SCC 372
21 (1996) 3 SCC 52
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of the same jurisdiction as was vested in the single Bench. Such is
not an appeal against an order of a subordinate Court. In such
appellate jurisdiction the High Court exercises the powers of a
Court of Error. So understood, the appellate power under the
Letters Patent is quite distinct, in contrast to what is ordinarily
understood in procedural language".