BNSS 433 — Procedure where Judges of Court of appeal are equally divided.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

When an appeal under this
Chapter is heard by a High Court before a Bench of Judges and they are divided in opinion, the appeal, with
their  opinions,  shall  be  laid  before  another Judge  of  that  Court, and  that Judge, after  such  hearing  as  he
thinks fit, shall deliver his opinion, and the judgment or order shall follow that opinion:
Provided that if one of the Judges constituting the Bench, or, where the appeal is laid before another
Judge under this section, that Judge, so requires, the appeal shall be re-heard and decided by a larger Bench
of Judges.

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