State (Govt of NCT of Delhi) Vs Aftab & Anr. — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

State (Govt of NCT of Delhi) Vs Aftab & Anr. — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Rectification application CRL.M.A. 6265/2026 allowed: the date of the impugned judgment is to read as 15th December 2014 (not 2024) in paragraphs 1 and 40 of this Court's judgment dated 17th February, 2026, with the order to be uploaded as the corrigendum of that judgment. CRL.M.A. 6321/2026 was also allowed subject to all just exceptions and disposed of.

Issue for consideration

Whether the typographical error in this Court's judgment dated 17th February, 2026 - wherein the date of the impugned judgment was printed as 15th December 2024 instead of 15th December 2014 - should be rectified.

Court's answer

The Court recorded that the date of the impugned judgment (passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Shahdara District, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi) had been inadvertently written as 15th December 2024 instead of 15th December 2014 in its judgment dated 17th February, 2026.

Ratio / Principle

It is directed that the date of the impugned judgment in this Court's judgment dated 17th February, 2026 shall read as 15th December 2014, both in paragraph 1 and paragraph 40 of the said judgment.

Key takeaways

The Court ordered that this order be uploaded as the corrigendum of the judgment dated 17th February, 2026.ratio¶6

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Prathiba M. Singh & Madhu Jain, JJ.) - Order dt. 25.02.2026 in CRL.A. 561/2016 (corrigendum to judgment dt. 17.02.2026): On rectification application CRL.M.A. 6265/2026 filed by Respondent No. 1 Aftab, the Court found a typographical error whereby the date of the impugned judgment of the ld. Additional Sessions Judge, Shahdara District, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi was misprinted as 15th December 2024 instead of 15th December 2014, and directed that the date shall read as 15th December 2014 in both paragraph 1 and paragraph 40 of the judgment dated 17th February, 2026; the order is to be uploaded as the corrigendum. CRL.M.A. 6321/2026 was allowed subject to all just exceptions and disposed of. The merits of the underlying appeal are not addressed in this order.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

CRL.A. 561/2016

STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) .....Appellant

Through: Mr. Ritesh Kumar Bahri, APP with Mr. Lalit Luthra and Mr. Dr. R. S. Gupta, Advs. SI Arvind PS Gokulpuri.

versus AFTAB & ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Reyazul Haque, Advocate for R-1 and 2 (M: 9971468622).

CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN

O R D E R % 25.02.2026

This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

CRL.M.A. 6321/2026

Allowed subject to all just exceptions. Application is disposed of. CRL.M.A. 6265/2026(for rectification)

This is an application filed by the Respondent No. 1-Aftab seeking correction of the typographical error in the judgment dated 17th February, 2026 passed by this Court.

Inadvertently, the date of the impugned judgment passed by the ld. Additional Sessions Judge, Shahdara District, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi is written wrongly as 15^th December 2024 instead of 15^th December 2014 . 5. Accordingly, it is directed that the date of the impugned judgment passed by the ld. Additional Sessions Judge, Shahdara District, Karkardooma

This is a digitally signed order.

The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 09/03/2026 at 10:35:44

Courts, Delhi in the judgment of this Court dated 17^th February, 2026 shall read as 15^th December 2014 , both in paragraph 1 and paragraph 40 of the said judgment.

This order shall be uploaded as the corrigendum of the judgment dated 17^th February, 2026.

Ordered accordingly.

Application stands disposed of.

PRATHIBA M. SINGH, J.

MADHU JAIN, J.

FEBRUARY 25, 2026/MR/ck

This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 09/03/2026 at 10:35:44