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Suit And Appeal

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Suit and appeal, the only difference between a suit an appeal is this that an appeal 'only reviews and corrects the proceedings in a cause already constituted but does not create the cause'. As it is intended to interfere in the cause by its means, it is a part of it, and in connection with some matters and some statutes it is said that an appeal is a continuation of a suit, Doya Wati v. Inderjit, AIR 1966 SC 1423 (1427): (1966) 3 SCR 275.

The only difference between a suit an appeal is this that an appeal 'only reviews and corrects the proceedings in a cause already constituted but does not create the cause, Deyawati v. Inderjit, AIR 1966 SC 1423 (1427). [Usurious Loans Act, 1913, s. 3 as amended by s. 5 of Punjab Relief of Indebtedness Act (7 of 1934)]

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