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The omission to specify that the maintenance amount is payable monthly is not a clerical error but goes to the substance of the judgment and decree. Such a substantive change cannot be made under sections 95 and 96 of the Civil Procedure Code. The application is therefore dismissed as misconceived and unmerited.
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The defendant breached contractual obligations by failing to pay for services rendered; clerical errors in pleadings did not cause miscarriage of justice and were curable; plaintiff proved entitlement to claimed reliefs.
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The High Court granted extension of time to file an application for leave to appeal, finding the delay was explained by waiting for court documents and that a wrong case number was a curable clerical error.
The High Court overruled a preliminary objection based on misdescription of the applicant’s name, finding the error curable by amendment under the Civil Procedure Code.
The Court of Appeal held that granting letters of administration instead of probate was a fundamental error, not a clerical slip, and quashed the order.
The Court of Appeal held that granting letters of administration instead of probate was a fundamental error, not a clerical slip, and quashed the High Court order.
The Court of Appeal quashed a High Court order granting letters of administration instead of probate, holding the mistake was fundamental and not curable as clerical error.
The High Court dismissed an application for extension of time because the supporting affidavit was defective, but corrected a clerical error in the judgment.
The High Court upheld a conviction for house breaking and stealing, holding that a date variance between charge and evidence was a non-prejudicial clerical error.
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