Section 109: When appeals lie to the Supreme Court.

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908Central Act · Act 5 of 1908

[109. When appeals lie to the Supreme Court.-- Subject to the provisions in Chapter IV of Part V of the Constitution and such rules as may, from time to time, be made by the Supreme Court regarding appeals from the Courts of India, and to the provisions hereinafter contained, an appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court from any judgment, decree or final order in a civil proceeding of a High Court, if the High Court certifies

(i) that the case involves a substantial question of law of general importance; and

(ii) that in the opinion of the High Court the said question needs to be decided by the Supreme Court.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Section	109
Marginal note	When appeals lie to the Supreme Court.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	3

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 49 of 1973. . Subs. by Act 49 of 1973, s. 2, for section 109 (w.e.f. 29-11-1973).

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