Article 133 - Appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court in appeals from High Courts in regard to civil matters - Constitution of India

Article 133. Appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court in appeals from High Courts in regard to civil matters.- 1 [ (1) An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court from any judgment, decree or final order in a civil proceeding of a High Court in the territory of India 2 [ if the High Court certifies under article 134A- ] (a) that the case involves a substantial question of law of general importance; and (b) that in the opinion of the High Court the said question needs to be decided by the Supreme Court. ] (2) Notwithstanding anything in article 132, any party appealing to the Supreme Court under clause (1) may urge as one of the grounds in such appeal that a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of this Constitution has been wrongly decided. (3) Notwithstanding anything in this article, no appeal shall, unless Parliament by law otherwise provides, lie to the Supreme Court from the judgment, decree or final order of one Judge of a High Court. **************** NOTES:- 1 . Substituted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (30th Amendment) Act, 1972 dated 22-02-1973 w.e.f. 27-02-1973, before it was read as, (1) An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court from any judgment, decree or final order in a civil proceeding of a High Court in the territory of India if the High Court certifies (a) that the amount or value of the subject-matter of the dispute in the court of first instance and still in dispute on appeal was and is not less than twenty thousand rupees or such other sum as may be specified in that behalf by Parliament by law; or (b) that the judgment, decree or final order involves directly or indirectly some claim or question respecting property of the like amount or value; or (c) that the case is a fit one for appeal to the Supreme Court; and, where the judgment, decree or final order appealed from affirms the decision of the court immediately below in any case other than a case referred to in sub-clause (c), if the High Court further certifies that the appeal involves some substantial question of law. 2 . Substituted vide Article 18 of the Constitution (44th Amendment) Act, 1978 dated 30-04-1979 w.e.f. 01-08-1979, before it was read as, if the High Court certifies