PART V THE UNION · CHAPTER IV.— THE UNION JUDICIARY

Article 134A: Certificate for appeal to the Supreme Court

¹[Every High Court, passing or making a judgment, decree, final order, or sentence, referred to in clause (1) of article 132 or clause (1) of article 133, or clause (1) of article 134,—

(a) may, if it deems fit so to do, on its own motion; and

(b) shall, if an oral application is made, by or on behalf of the party aggrieved, immediately after the passing or making of such judgment, decree, final order or sentence, determine, as soon as may be after such passing or making, the question whether a certificate of the nature referred to in clause (1) of article 132, or clause (1) of article 133 or, as the case may be, sub-clause (c) of clause (1) of article 134, may be given in respect of that case.]

Footnotes in the official text

1.Ins. by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 20 (w.e.f. 1-8-1979).

Questions on this article

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1. Under Article 132(1), an appeal lies to the Supreme Court from any judgment, decree or final order of a High Court, whether in a civil, criminal or other proceeding, if the High Court certifies under Article 134A that the case involves:
2. Under Article 134(1)(a), an appeal lies to the Supreme Court from a criminal proceeding of a High Court, without any certificate, where the High Court has:

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