New Delhi: In a rare but increasingly visible trend, the Supreme Court has, in recent months, recalled or substantially modified its own orders in at least three high-stakes matters.

These cases span an extraordinarily wide range—multi-thousand-crore insolvency proceedings, directions on stray dog management, and a local panchayat dispute in Rajasthan. Yet, together, they reveal a judicial will to revisit, correct, and amend its decisions when confronted with factual inaccuracies, procedural lapses, or real-world constraints.

Under Article 137 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court may review its judgments through a formal petition pointing to errors of law, fact, or procedure. Recall, however, is a different and far more extraordinary power—an inherent jurisdiction the court exercises

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