https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281753 A criminal appellate judgment of the High Court attains finality when it is recorded in open court and acted upon by issuance of the writ under seal; later transcription and initialling are ministerial steps and do not preserve any power to review or alter the order. The provisions in Chapter XXVI of the Code governing signature and alteration of criminal judgments were held inapplicable to such appellate judgments. Any post-delivery reconsideration is confined to exceptional cases of an apparent error on the face of the record or an obvious factual mistake causing miscarriage of justice, and a fresh defence or new argument is not enough. On that basis, the application to reopen the order failed. en-us Wed, 18 Oct 1950 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:29:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281753 A criminal appellate judgment of the High Court attains finality when it is recorded in open court and acted upon by issuance of the writ under seal; later transcription and initialling are ministerial steps and do not preserve any power to review or alter the order. The provisions in Chapter XXVI of the Code governing signature and alteration of criminal judgments were held inapplicable to such appellate judgments. Any post-delivery reconsideration is confined to exceptional cases of an apparent error on the face of the record or an obvious factual mistake causing miscarriage of justice, and a fresh defence or new argument is not enough. On that basis, the application to reopen the order failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 18 Oct 1950 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281753