Section Text
1 [27A.Appeal against order passed under section 27
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in theCode of Criminal Procedure 1973 (2 of 1974), an appeal under section 27, bothon facts and on law, shall lie from--
(a) the order made by the District Forum to theState Commission;
(b) the order made by the State Commission to theNational Commission; and
(c) the order made by the National Commission tothe Supreme Court.
(2) Except as aforesaid, no appeal shall lie to anycourt from any order of a District Forum or a State Commission or the NationalCommission.
(3) Every appeal under this section shall bepreferred within a period of thirty days from the date of an order of aDistrict Forum or a State Commission or, as the case may be, the NationalCommission:
Provided that the State Commission or the NationalCommission or the Supreme Court, as the case may be, may entertain an appealafter the expiry of the said period of thirty days, if, it is satisfied thatthe appellant had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within theperiod of thirty days.]
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1.Inserted by Act 62 of 2002, section 24 (w.e.f. 15-3-2003).