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Article 134A

Part V — The Union · Constitution of India

Article 134A

Certificate for appeal to the Supreme Court. Every High Court, passing or making a judgment, decree, final order, or sentence, referred to in clause (1) of article 132 or clause (1) of article 133, or clause (1) of article 134,— (a) may, if it deems fit so to do, on its own motion; and (b) shall, if an oral application is made, by or on behalf of the party aggrieved, immediately after the passing or making of such judgment, decree, final order or sentence, determine, as soon as may be after such passing or making, the question whether a certificate of the nature referred to in clause (1) of article 132, or clause (1) of article 133 or, as the case may be, sub-clause (c) of clause (1) of article 134, may be given in respect of that case.

In plain wordsA High Court must decide, right after delivering its judgment, whether to grant the certificate that opens the door to a Supreme Court appeal. It can do so on its own, and it must consider the question if the losing party asks orally on the spot.
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