Landmark case · Civil Procedure Code and Law of Limitation · Semester 5

Santosh Hazari v. Purushottam Tiwari

(2001) 3 SCC 179 · Supreme Court of India

A substantial question of law under section 100 must be of general public importance or one on which the decision of the case depends and which is fairly arguable.

From topic

First appeals, second appeals and letters patent — Unit IV, Civil Procedure Code and Law of Limitation.

Related sections:

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 96 — Appeal from original decree
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 100 — Second appeal on substantial question of law
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 104–105 — Orders from which appeal lies
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, O. XLI — Appeals from original decrees