Section 20. Rectification of mistakes
With a view to rectifying any mistakes apparent from record, the competent authority or the Appellate Tribunal, as the case may be, may amend any order made by it within a period of one year from the date of the order:
Provided that if any such amendment is likely to affect any person prejudicially, it shall not be made without giving to such person a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
Judgements applying section 20
Petition challenging forfeiture of properties under SAFEMA and the COFEPOSA detention order underlying it. The detenu had been acquitted in the smuggling case; the properties stood in the names of his widow and HUF and were purchased through loans disclosed in income tax returns.
AllowedOpenTHE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1398 OF 2004 Smt.Padma Nirmal Agarwal, ) an Indian Inhabitant, residing at ) Flat No.16, 471/C, Manu Mahal, ) King’s Circle, Matunga, ) Mumbai - 400 019
DismissedOpen