A.R. Antulay vs R.S. Nayak & Anr on 29 April, 1988
8. It is clear that it is was a mistake committed by the Court in not passing an order on the petitions taken out by the Plaintiff under Clause XII of the Letters Patent and therefore for that error or mistake committed by the Court, the Plaintiff can not be allowed to suffer. Once we reach the satisfaction that it was a mistake committed by the Court, in our opinion, it is not only appropriate but also the duty of the court to rectify the mistake by exercising inherent powers and there are no fetter on the powers of the Court in correcting its mistake which resulted in injury to the litigant for no fault of the litigant. Following observations in paragraph 106 of the judgment of the Supreme Court in A.R. Antulay's case, in our opinion, are pertinent: