THE SUPREME COURT (ENLARGEMENT OF CRIMINAL APPELLATE 
JURISDICTION) ACT, 1970
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS
1.  Short title and extent. 
2.  Enlarged appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court in regard to criminal matters.
 
 
THE SUPREME COURT (ENLARGEMENT OF CRIMINAL APPELLATE  
JURISDICTION) ACT, 1970

ACT NO. 28 OF 1970

[9th August, 1970.]

An Act to enlarge the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in regard to criminal matters.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Act may be called the Supreme Court (Enlargement of Criminal 
Appellate Jurisdiction) Act, 1970.

(2) It extends to the whole of India.

2.  Enlarged  appellate  jurisdiction  of  Supreme  Court  in  regard  to  criminal  matters.—Without 
prejudice to the powers conferred on the Supreme Court by clause (1) of article 134 of the Constitution, 
an  appeal  shall  lie  to  the  Supreme  Court  from  any  judgment,  final  order  or  sentence  in  a  criminal 
proceeding of a High Court in the territory of India if the High Court—

(a)  has  on  appeal  reversed  an  order  of  acquittal  of  an  accused  person  and  sentenced  him  to 
imprisonment for life or to imprisonment for a period of not less than ten years; 

(b) has withdrawn for trial before itself any case from any court subordinate to its authority and 
has  in  such  trial  convicted  the  accused  person  and  sentenced  him  to  imprisonment  for  life  or  to 
imprisonment for a period of not less than ten years.