What is the Appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court in regard to criminal matters? What is Certificate for appeal to the Supreme Court? Article 134 and 134A of Constitution of India, 1949
Appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court in regard to criminal matters and Certificate for appeal to the Supreme Court are defined under Article 134 and 134A of Constitution of India 1949. Provisions under these Article are:
Article 134 of Constitution of India "Appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court in regard to criminal matters"
(1) An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court from any judgment, final order or sentence in a criminal proceeding of a High Court in the territory of India if the High Court-has on appeal reversed an order of acquittal of an accused person and sentenced him to death; or has withdrawn for trial before itself any case from any court subordinate to its authority and has in such trial convicted the accused person and sentenced him to death; or (c) certifies under Article 134A that the case is a fit one for appeal to the Supreme Court:
Provided that an appeal under sub-clause (c) shall lie
subject to such provisions as may be made in that behalf
under clause (1) of Article 145 and to such conditions as
the High Court may establish or require.
(2) Parliament may by law confer on the Supreme Court any
further powers to entertain and hear appeals from any
judgment, final order or sentence in a criminal proceeding
of a High Court in the territory of India subject to such
conditions and limitations as may be specified in such law.
Article 134A of Constitution of India "Certificate for appeal to the Supreme Court"
Every High Court, passing or making a judgment, decree,
final order, or sentence, referred to in clause (1) of
Article 132 or clause (1) of Article 133, or clause (1) of
Article 134-
(a) may, if it deems fit so to do, on its own motion; and
(b) shall, if an oral application is made, by or on behalf
of the party aggrieved, immediately after the passing or
making of such judgment, decree, final order or sentence,
determine, as soon as may be after such passing or making,
the question whether a certificate of the nature referred to
in clause (1) of Article 132, or clause (1) of Article 133
or, as the case may be, sub-clause (c) of clause (1) of
Article 134, may be given in respect of that case.