Correction of accidental slips in plaints and decrees is valid when it matches the underlying mortgage deed and causes no prejudice.

A court may correct a misdescription in a plaint, judgment or decree where the amendment merely rectifies an accidental slip and brings the record into conformity with the mortgage deed. Sections 152 and 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 permit correction of mistakes in judgments, decrees and orders and preserve inherent power to make orders necessary for the ends of justice. Such correction is valid where no prejudice is caused, including where the error was made by a party, and the objection to the amendment was therefore rightly rejected.

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Issues: Whether the court could amend the plaint, judgment and decrees to correct the misdescription of the mortgaged villages and whether the order allowing such correction and refusing the appellant's objection was sustainable.

Analysis: The correction made by the lower court was in conformity with the mortgage deed and was only to rectify an accidental mistake in the plaint and decrees. Section 152 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 empowers the court to correct mistakes or accidental slips in judgments, decrees and orders, and Section 151 preserves the court's inherent power to pass orders necessary for the ends of justice. The correction of errors made even by parties themselves is within this power when no prejudice is caused and the amendment merely brings the record into accord with the true transaction.

Conclusion: The amendment and correction were valid, and the objection of the judgment-debtor was rightly rejected.

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