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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Part VII: Appeals

Section 102 CPC: No second appeal in certain cases

Bare Act text

[102. No second appeal in certain cases.—No second appeal shall lie from any decree, when the subject matter of the original suit is for recovery of money not exceeding twenty-five thousand rupees.]

Amendment notes

  1. Subs. by s. 5, ibid., for section 102 (w.e.f. 1-7-2002).

Text of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908), as amended, including the changes for commercial disputes made by the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. Source: India Code, Government of India.

In simple words

No second appeal lies from any decree when the subject matter of the original suit is for recovery of money not exceeding twenty-five thousand rupees. The 2002 amendment substituted this section, which sets a monetary threshold below which second appeals are barred.

Part VII: Appeals

  1. 96 Appeal from original decree
  2. 97 Appeal from final decree where no appeal from preliminary decree
  3. 98 Decision where appeal heard by two or more Judges
  4. 99 No decree to be reversed or modified for error or irregularity not affecting merits or jurisdiction
  5. 99A No order under section 47 to be reversed or modified unless decision of the case is prejudicially affected
  6. 100 Second appeal
  7. 100A No further appeal in certain cases
  8. 101 Second appeal on no other grounds
  9. 102 No second appeal in certain cases
  10. 103 Power of High Court to determine issue of fact
  11. 104 Orders from which appeal lies
  12. 105 Other orders
  13. 106 What Courts to hear appeals
  14. 107 Powers of Appellate Court
  15. 108 Procedure in appeals from appellate decrees and orders
  16. 109 When appeals lie to the Supreme Court
  17. 110 Value of subject matters (Repealed)
  18. 111 Bar of certain appeals (Repealed)
  19. 111A Appeals to Federal Court (Repealed)
  20. 112 Savings
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