HMA 28 — Appeals from decrees and orders

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

Statutory text

[28. Appeals from decrees and orders.—(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

[period of ninety days] from the date of the decree or order.

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