The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013
36.
Appeal
to Securities Appellate Tribunal.
1. Any person aggrieved
by an order made by the Authority or by an adjudicating officer under this Act
may prefer an appeal before the Securities Appellate Tribunal which shall have
jurisdiction over the matter.
2. Every appeal under
sub-section ( 1 ) shall be filed within a period of forty-five days from
the date of receipt of the order appealed against and it shall be in such form
and manner and shall be accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed:
Provided that the Securities Appellate Tribunal may entertain an appeal after the expiry
of the said period, if it is satisfied that there was sufficient cause for not
preferring the appeal within that period.
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3. On receipt of an
appeal under sub-section ( 1 ), the Securities Appellate Tribunal may,
after giving the parties to the appeal, an opportunity of being heard, pass
such orders thereon as it thinks fit, confirming, modifying or setting aside
the order appealed against.
4. The Securities
Appellate Tribunal shall send a copy of every order made by it to the
Authority, the parties to the appeal and to the adjudicating officers
concerned.
5. The appeal filed
before the Securities Appellate Tribunal under sub-section ( 1 ) shall be
dealt with by it as expeditiously as possible and endeavour shall be made by it
to dispose of the appeal finally within six months from the date on which the
appeal is presented to it.
6. Without prejudice to
the provisions of sections 15T and 15U of the Securities and Exchange Board of
India Act, 1992, the Securities Appellate Tribunal shall deal with an appeal
under this section in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed.