Central · Act 25 of 1955

Section 28 — Appeals from decrees and orders.

The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

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1[(1) All decrees made by the court in any proceeding under this Act shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), be appealable as decrees of the court made in the exercise of its original civil jurisdiction, and every such appeal shall lie to the court to which appeals ordinarily lie from the decisions of the court given in the exercise of its original civil jurisdiction.

(2) Orders made by the court in any proceeding under this Act under section 25 or section 26 shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), be appealable if they are not interim orders, and every such appeal shall lie to the court to which appeals ordinarily lie from the decisions of the court given in exercise of its original civil jurisdiction.

(3) There shall be no appeal under this section on the subject of costs only.

(4) Every appeal under this section shall be preferred within a 2[period of ninety days] from the date of the decree or order

Source footnotes

1. Subs. by Act 68 of 1976, s. 19 (w.e.f. 27-5-1976).
2. Subs. by Act 50 of 2003, s. 5, for period of thirty days (w.e.f. 23-12-2003).
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