6 Main Differences between “Revision” and “Second Appeal” are listed below:
Revision:
1. Section 115 deals with revision.
ADVERTISEMENTS:
2. A revision application lies on the ground of ‘jurisdictional error’
3. The High Court cannot decide a question of fact in the exercise of its revisional jurisdiction.
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4. The High Court may decline to interfere in revision, if it is satisfied that substantial justice has been done.
5. The revisional powers of the High Court can be invoked only in those cases in which no appeal lies to the High Court
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6. While exercising revisional jurisdiction, the High Court cannot interfere with an order passed by the subordinate court, if it is within its jurisdiction, even if it is legally wrong.
Second Appeal:
1. Second Appeals are dealt in Sections 100 tc 103, 108 & Order 42.
2. The Second Appeal lies to High Court on the ground of ‘substantial question of law’
3. In Second Appeal, a question of fact can also be decided in certain circumstances
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4. In Second Appeal, the High Court has no discretionary power and cannot refuse to grant relief merely on equitable grounds
5. The Second Appeal lies only in the High Court.
6. The High Court can interfere with a decree passed by the lower appellate court if it is contrary to law.