30. Appeal to Supreme Court.—(1) Subject to the provisions of section 31, an appeal shall lie to the
Supreme Court against the final decision or order of the Tribunal (other than an order passed under
section 19):
Provided that such appeal is preferred within a period of ninety days of the said decision or order:
Provided further that there shall be no appeal against an interlocutory order of the Tribunal.
(2) An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court as of right from any order or decision of the Tribunal in
the exercise of its jurisdiction to punish for contempt:
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Provided that an appeal under this sub-section shall be filed in the Supreme Court within sixty days
from the date of the order appealed against.
(3) Pending any appeal under sub-section (2), the Supreme Court may order that—
(a) the execution of the punishment or the order appealed against be suspended; or
(b) if the appellant is in confinement, he be released on bail:
Provided that where an appellant satisfies the Tribunal that he intends to prefer an appeal, the
Tribunal may also exercise any of the powers conferred under clause (a) or clause (b), as the case may be.
31. Leave to appeal.—(1) An appeal to the Supreme Court shall lie with the leave of the Tribunal;
and such leave shall not be granted unless it is certified by the Tribunal that a point of law of general
public importance is involved in the decision, or it appears to the Supreme Court that the point is one
which ought to be considered by that Court.
(2) An application to the Tribunal for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court shall be made within a
period of thirty days beginning with the date of the decision of the Tribunal and an application to the
Supreme Court for leave shall be made within a period of thirty days beginning with the date on which
the application for leave is refused by the Tribunal.
(3) An appeal shall be treated as pending until any application for leave to appeal is disposed of and if
leave to appeal is granted, until the appeal is disposed of; and an application for leave to appeal shall be
treated as disposed of at the expiration of the time within which it might have been made, but it is not
made within that time.
32. Condonation.—The Supreme Court may, upon an application made at any time by the appellant,
extend the time within which an appeal may be preferred by him to that Court under section 30 or
sub-section (2) of section 31.