CPC - SECTION 115. Revision

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¹⁶²[(1)] The High Court may call for the record of any case which has been decided by any Court subordinate to such High Court and in which no appeal lies thereto, and if such subordinate Court appears -

        (a) to have exercised a jurisdiction not vested in it by law, or

        (b) to have failed to exercise a jurisdiction so vested, or

        (c) to have acted in the exercise of its jurisdiction illegally or with material irregularity,

the High Court may make such order in the case as it thinks fit:

¹⁶³[Provided that the High Court shall not, under this section, vary or reverse any order made, or any order deciding an issue, in the course of a suit or other proceeding, except where -

        (a) the order, if it had been made in favour of the party applying for revision, would have finally disposed of the suit or other proceeding, or

        (b) the order, if allowed to stand, would occasion a failure of justice or cause irreparable injury to the party against whom it was made.]

    ¹⁶³[(2) The High Court shall not, under this section, vary or reverse any decree or order against which an appeal lies either to the High Court or to any Court subordinate thereto.

Explanation.- In this section, the expression "any case which has been decided" includes any order made, or any order deciding an issue in the course of a suit or other proceeding.]

 

PART IX : SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE ¹⁶⁴[HIGH COURTS ¹⁶⁵[NOT BEING THE COURT OF A JUDICIAL COMMISSIONER]]

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