Thursday, March 14, 2024

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LEGAL AFFAIRS

O XLI R 31 & SEC 96

MANJULA vs. SHYAMSUNDAR, SC 2021

Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 provides for filing of an appeal from the decree passed by a court of original jurisdiction.

Order 41 Rule 31 of the CPC provides the guidelines to the appellate court for deciding the appeal. This rule mandates that the judgment of the appellate court shall state (a) points for determination; (b) the decision thereon; (c) the reasons for the decision; and (d) where the decree appealed from is reversed or varied, the relief to which the appellant is entitled.

Thus, the appellate court has the jurisdiction to reverse or affirm the findings of the trial court. It is settled law that an appeal is a continuation of the original proceedings.

The appellate courtโ€™s jurisdiction involves a rehearing of appeal on questions of law as well as fact.

The first appeal is a valuable right, and, at that stage, all questions of fact and law decided by the trial court are open for re-consideration. The judgment of the appellate court must, therefore, reflect conscious application of mind and must record the courtโ€™s findings, supported by reasons for its decision in respect of all the issues, along with the contentions put forth and pressed by the parties. Needless to say, the first appellate court is required to comply with the requirements of Order 41 Rule 31 CPC and non-observance of these requirements lead to infirmity in the judgment.

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