What is Letter Patent Appeal(LPA) and The Time Limit for Appeal

 Letter Patent Appeal (LPA)

An appeal by a petitioner against a decision of a single judge to a different bench of the same court is known as Letter Patents Appeal (LPA). It was a solution proffered when institutions like the High Courts were first introduced in India in 1865.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3LqdEi3Dkw

The whole idea behind this remedy is the verdict of a single judge could go wrong due to manipulated facts as well as misinterpreted law. Hence this solution is made available in court to the petitioner to appeal against the verdict of the single judge of a high court. However, if this is not the choice of the petitioner, such a remedy would lie only in the Supreme Court.

Letter Patent Appeal is an option available to the petitioner before going to the Supreme Court. They have the choice to approach another bench constituted with more than one judge. It can either be an intra-court appeal in the High Court or an inter-court appeal in the Supreme Court but both have different rules in the context of LPA. 

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The Time Limit for Appeal

If an appeal has to be filed in the High Court against the order of a single judge, it is known as an intra-court appeal. The time limit for such an appeal in an intra-court is a maximum of 30 days. On the other hand, if an appeal has to be filed before the Supreme Court against the order of the High Court, it is known as an inter-court appeal. The time limit for such an appeal is a maximum of 90 days.

Documents Required

To file an appeal, the petitioner must undertake the court fees payment as stated in the schedule or the related information handbook. The paperwork for filing an appeal are as follows:

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• Copy of judgment and decree appealed from
• Certificate copy granted by the High Court
• Certificate copy of the order granting the said certificate

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