MUNISWAMAPPA @ MONTAPPA (D) BY LRS. vs G.S. BASAVARAJAIAH . — C.A. No. 3443/2003

Summary of C.A. No. 003443/2003 The Supreme Court allowed the appeal by Muniswamappa's legal representatives against the High Court's impugned order. The High Court had incorrectly used Section 152 CPC (correcting clerical/arithmetical errors) to amend a compromise decree by incorporating a memo dated 2.8.1999, which the parties had expressly excluded when recording their compromise on the basis of the compromise deed dated 5.6.1994. The Court held that Section 152 cannot be used to substantively modify or review a decree, and the High Court committed serious error in allowing the respondents to amend the finalized compromise decree. The appeal was allowed without costs. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.