100. (1) Save where otherwise
expressly provided in the body of this Code or by any
other law for the time being in force, as appeal shall
lie to the High Court from every decree passed in
appeal by any Court subordinate to the High Court on
any of the following grounds, namely:
The Decision being contrary to law or to some usage having
the force of law;
The decision having failed to determine some material
issue of law or usage having the force of law;
A substantial error or defect in the procedure provided by
this Code of by any other law for the time being in force, which may possibly
have produced error or defect in the decision of the case upon the merit; and
The decision having varied cancelled or reversed the
decision of the Court of first instance, where the subject matter of the suit
exceeds two hundred rupees in value.
(2) An appeal may lie under this section from an appellate decree passed
exparte.
No second appeal shall lie except on the grounds mentioned
in section 100.
No second appeal shall lie in any suit of the nature
cognizable by Courts of small Causes, when the amount or value of the subject
matter of the original suit does not exceed five hundred rupees.