Appeals and revisional powers

Appeals and revisional powers.

1. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, no appeal shall lie from any decree or order passed by a Panchayati Adalat in any suit or case.
2. (2) On an application made within 60 days from the date of the decree or order in any suit or case tried by a Panchayati Adalat or on his own motion--
   • (a) the District Judge, having jurisdiction over an Adalati Circle in relation to any such suit, and
   • (b) the Sessions Judge, having jurisdiction over an Adalati Circle, in relation to any such case, may call for and examine the record or proceedings of the Panchayati Adalat for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the legality or propriety of any decree or order or sentence passed or as to the regularity of the proceedings of such Panchayati Adalat.
3. (3) If it appears to the District Judge or the Sessions Judge, as the case may be, that any decree, order or sentence passed by any Panchayati Adalat should be modified, cancelled or reversed, he may pass such order as he thinks just.
4. (4) All appeals pending before any Court of competent jurisdiction at the commencement of the Jammu and Kashmir Village Panchayat (Amendment) Act, 1973, shall be disposed of as such by the District Judge or Session Judge in accordance with law under which it was instituted and he may confirm, reverse or modify the decision or order appealed from.
5. (5) The order of the District Judge or Sessions Judge, as the case may be, under sub-section
6. (3) or
7. (4) shall be final.