Section 21 of NIA Act 2008: Appeals
Appeals NIA Act 2008
21. Appeals.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code, an appeal shall lie from any
judgment, sentence or order, not being an interlocutory order, of a Special Court to the High Court both
on facts and on law.
(2) Every appeal under sub-section (1) shall be heard by a bench of two Judges of the High Court and
shall, as far as possible, be disposed of within a period of three months from the date of admission of the
appeal.
(3) Except as aforesaid, no appeal or revision shall lie to any court from any judgment, sentence or
order including an interlocutory order of a Special Court.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3) of section 378 of the Code, an appeal shall
lie to the High Court against an order of the Special Court granting or refusing bail.
(5) Every appeal under this section shall be preferred within a period of thirty days from the date of
the judgment, sentence or order appealed from:
Provided that the High Court may entertain an appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days
if it is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within the period of
thirty days:
Provided further that no appeal shall be entertained after the expiry of period of ninety days.