Act Number: 55

Act Name: The Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007

Year: 2007

Enactment Date: 2007-12-25

Long Title: An Act to provide for the adjudication or trial by Armed Forces Tribunal of disputes and complaints with respect to commission, appointments, enrolment and conditions of service in respect of persons subject to the Army Act, 1950, the Navy Act, 1957 and the Air Force Act 1950 and also to provide for appeals arising out of orders, findings or sentences of court martial held under the said Acts and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Defence

Department: Department of Defence

Section 30: Appeal to Supreme Court.
    (1) Subject to the provisions of section 31, an appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court against the final decision or order of the Tribunal (other than an order passed under section 19):
     Provided that such appeal is preferred within a period of ninety days of the said decision or order:
     Provided further that there shall be no appeal against an interlocutory order of the Tribunal.
     (2) An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court as of right from any order or decision of the Tribunal in the exercise of its jurisdiction to punish for contempt:
     Provided that an appeal under this sub-section shall be filed in the Supreme Court within sixty days from the date of the order appealed against.
     (3) Pending any appeal under sub-section (2), the Supreme Court may order that--
         (a) the execution of the punishment or the order appealed against be suspended; or
         (b) if the appellant is in confinement, he be released on bail:
     Provided that where an appellant satisfies the Tribunal that he intends to prefer an appeal, the Tribunal may also exercise any of the powers conferred under clause (a) or clause (b), as the case may be.
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