(1) Any person aggrieved by an order of the Council under section 48 or penalty imposed by the adjudicating officer under section 70 may file an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal in such form and manner and accompanied by such fee, as may be prescribed.
(2) Any appeal to the Appellate Tribunal shall be preferred within a period of thirty days from the date on which a copy of the order referred to in sub-section (1) is received by the appellant:
Provided that the Appellate Tribunal may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days if it is satisfied that there was sufficient cause for not filing it within the stipulated period.
(3) On receipt of an appeal under this section, the Appellate Tribunal may, after giving the parties an opportunity of being heard, pass such orders thereon as it thinks fit.
(4) The Appellate Tribunal shall send a copy of every order passed by it to the parties and to the Council or the adjudicating officer, as the case may be.
(5) The Appellate Tribunal may, for the purposes of examining an appeal under this section, on its own motion or otherwise, call for the records relevant for the disposal of such appeal.
36 of 2003.
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16 of 2024.
80 of 1976.
52. Any person aggrieved by any order of the Appellate Tribunal, may file an appeal before the Supreme Court, within sixty days from the date of communication of the order appealed against:
Provided that the Supreme Court may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period of sixty days, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from preferring the appeal in time.
CHAPTER VIII COMPENSATION FOR NUCLEAR DAMAGE
53. Any compensation for nuclear damage suffered may be claimed, if the nuclear damage has occurred—
(a) within the territory of India;
(b) in or over the maritime areas beyond the territorial waters of India––
(i) on a ship registered in India under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 or under any other law for the time being in force; or
(ii) on an aircraft registered in India under the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024 or under any other law for the time being in force; or
(iii) on an artificial island, installation, or structure under the jurisdiction of the Republic of India; or
(c) in or over the exclusive economic zone of India or on the continental shelf of India within the meaning of section 7 of the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and Other Maritime Zones Act, 1976; or
(d) in the territory of a foreign State resulting from a nuclear incident in India, if at the time of such nuclear incident, the foreign State—
(i) has no nuclear installation in its territory or its maritime zones established in accordance with international law; or
(ii) is a party to one of the international conventions on civil nuclear liability.