Supreme Court allows appeal despite wrong document title if it contains appeal grounds and request for change.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court granted extraordinary review to overturn a lower court's dismissal of an appeal due to a procedural error. The plaintiff submitted a document titled 'appeal' to the second instance court, which the lower court mistakenly treated as a request for the judgment's reasoning, thereby delaying the appeal deadline. The Supreme Court ruled that such clerical errors do not invalidate the appeal if the document clearly identifies the challenged judgment, states the grounds, and requests a change, allowing the appeal to proceed as if filed on time.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 130 § 1 k.p.c.; Art. 370 k.p.c.; Art. 371 § 2 k.p.c.: Clerical errors or incorrect document titles do not prevent the commencement of proceedings if the document contains the challenged judgment, grounds for appeal, and a request for its change.