Family Courts Act, 1984
19. Appeal
(1) Save as provided in sub-section (2) and
notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of
1908) or in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), or in any other
law, an appeal shall lie from every judgment or order, not being an
interlocutory order, of a Family Court to the High Court both on facts and on
law.
(2) No appeal shall lie from a decree or order
passed by the Family Court with the consent of the parties 2[or from an order
passed under Chapter IX of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) :
PROVIDED that nothing in this sub-section shall
apply to any appeal pending before a High Court or any order passed under
Chapter IX of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) before the
commencement of the Family Courts (Amendment) Act, 1991.]
(3) Every appeal under this section shall be
preferred within a period of thirty days from the date of judgment or order of
a Family Court.
3[(4) The High Court may, of its own motion or
otherwise, call for and examine the record of any proceeding in which the
Family Court situate with in its jurisdiction passed an order under Chapter IX
of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for the purpose of satisfying itself as
to the correctness, legality or propriety of the order, not being an
interlocutory order, and, as to the regularity of such proceeding.]
3[(5)] Except as aforesaid, no appeal or
revision shall lie to any court from any judgment, order or decree of a Family
Court.
3[(6)] An appeal preferred under sub-section
(1) shall be heard by a Bench consisting of two or more Judges.