Magma Leasing Limited vs Rageswari Mohanty

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2024 Supreme(Ori) 309

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
A.C.BEHERA
Magma Leasing Limited – Appellant
Versus
Rageswari Mohanty – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr. B.B. Mishra, Adv.
For the Respondent: Mr. S.R. Patnaik, Adv.

Table of Content
1. correction of name due to typographical error. (Para 1 , 4)
2. contentions regarding name correction in judgment. (Para 2 , 3)
3. correction should serve justice without prejudice. (Para 5 , 7)
4. legal precedents for judgment correction. (Para 6)
5. i.a. for name correction allowed. (Para 8 , 9 , 10)

Judgment :

A.C. Behera, J.

1. This is an interlocutory application, which has been filed by the respondent No.1 in a disposed of first appeal vide R.F.A. No.67 of 2006 praying for correction of one letter from her name i.e. from “j” to “g” in the cause title of the judgment and decree passed in that first appeal vide R.F.A. No.67 of 2006 to be read her name as Rageswari Mohanty instead of Rajeswari Mohanty.

The said first appeal vide R.F.A. No.67 of 2006 was preferred by a company i.e. M/s. Magma Leasing Ltd. challenging the judgment and decree passed in the suit vide M.S. No.13 of 1999.

In the suit vide M.S. No.13 of 1999, one company i.e. Consortium Finance and Leasing Ltd. was the defendant No.1.

As the suit vide M.S. No.13 of 1999 was decreed against the defendant No.1 i.e. Consortium Finance and Leasing Ltd. and as the assets and liabilities of defendant No.1-company i.e