Explanation of CPC Section 115

-------As Per Amendment in Punjab

In section 115:

(a) In subsection (1), for the second proviso, the following shall be substituted:

"Provided further that the subordinate court shall provide copies of the documents to a person within three days of the decision, and the High Court shall dispose of such application within six months."

(b) After subsection (4), the following new subsection (5) shall be inserted:

(5) No proceedings in revision shall be entertained by the High Court against an order passed by the District Court under section 104.

Punjab Act, 14 of 2018, S. 19 (w.e.f. 20-03-2018)

In section 115:

(a) In subsection (1), in the second proviso, for the word “six”, the word “three” shall be substituted;

(b) In subsection (2), for the full-stop at the end, the expression

“; and the District Court shall decide the application within two months from the date of first appearance of the respondent.” shall be substituted.

Punjab Act, 14 of 2020, S. 7 

-----As Per Amendment in Balochistan

In section 115, for the second proviso the following shall be substituted: —

“Provided further that the subordinate court shall provide copies of such decision and the documents mentioned above within three days on application of a party concerned, and the High Court shall dispose of such application within six months.”
Balochistan Act, 13 of 2019, S. 15 

-----As Per Amendment in Islamabad

For section 115, the following shall be substituted, namely:

115. Revision.
(1) A High Court may call for the record of any case which has been decided by any Court subordinate to that High Court and in which no appeal lies thereto, and if such subordinate Court appears –
(a) to have exercised a jurisdiction not vested in it by law; or
(b) to have failed to exercise a jurisdiction so vested; or
(c) to have acted in the exercise of its jurisdiction illegally or with material irregularity,
the High Court may make such order in the case as it thinks fit:

Provided that where a person makes an application under this sub-section, he shall, in support of such application, furnish copies of the pleadings, documents and order of the subordinate Court and the High Court shall, except for reasons to be recorded, dispose of such application without calling for the record of the subordinate Court.

Provided further that such application shall be made within ninety days of the decision of the subordinate Court which shall provide a copy of such decision within three days thereof and the High Court shall dispose of such application within six months.

(2) A District Court may exercise the powers conferred on the High Court by sub-section (1) in respect of any case decided by a Court subordinate to that District Court in which no appeal lies and the amount or value of the subject-matter thereof does not exceed the limits of the appellate jurisdiction of the District Court.

(3) If an application under sub-section (1) in respect of a case within the competence of the District Court has been made either to the High Court or the District Court, no further such application shall be made to either of them.

(4) No proceedings in revision shall be entertained by the High Court against an order made under sub-section (2) by the District Court.
Act 19 of 2023, S. 14