Trade Union Act, 1926
11. Appeal
(1) Any person aggrieved by any refusal of the Registrar to register
a trade union or by the withdrawal or cancellation of a certificate of
registration may, within such period as may be prescribed, appeal-
(a) where the head office of the trade union
is situated within the limits of a Presidency town 15[***] to the
High Court, or
(b) where the head office is situated in any
other area, to such Court, not inferior to the court of an additional or
assistant Judge of a principal civil court of original jurisdiction, as the 16[appropriate
government] may appoint in this behalf for that area.
(2) The appellate court may dismiss the appeal, or pass an order
directing the Registrar to register the union and to issue a certificate of
registration under the provisions of section 9 or setting aside the order for
withdrawal or cancellation of the certificate, as the case may be, and the
Registrar shall comply with such order.
(3) For the purpose of an appeal under sub-section (1), an
appellate court shall, so far as may be, follow the same procedure and have the
same powers as it follows and has when trying a suit under the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908, (5 of 1908) and may direct by whom the whole or any part of
the costs of the appeal shall be paid, and such costs shall be recovered as if
they had been awarded in a suit under the said Code.
(4) In the event of the dismissal of an appeal by any court
appointed under clause (b) of sub-section (1) the person aggrieved shall have a
right of appeal to the High Court, and the High Court shall, for the purpose of
such appeal, have all the powers of an appellate court under sub-sections (2)
and (3), and the provisions of those sub-sections shall apply accordingly.]