Text of CPC Section 115

Revision.–

(1) The High Court may call for the record of any case which has been decided by any Court subordinate to such 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 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 [three] months.

(2) The 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 such District Court in which no appeal lies and the amount or value of the subject-matter where of does not exceed the limits of the appellate jurisdiction of the District Court , and the District Court shall decide the application within two months from the date of first appearance of the respondent.]

(3) If any 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.]

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