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66                     THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                              (Part V.—The Union)
                (b) rules as to the procedure for hearing appeals and other matters
        pertaining to appeals including the time within which appeals to the
        Court are to be entered;
                (c) rules as to the proceedings in the Court for the enforcement of
        any of the rights conferred by Part III;
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                  [(cc) rules as to the proceedings in the Court under 2[article
        139A];]
                (d) rules as to the entertainment of appeals under sub-clause (c) of
        clause (1) of article 134;
                (e) rules as to the conditions subject to which any judgment
        pronounced or order made by the Court may be reviewed and the
        procedure for such review including the time within which applications
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        to the Court for such review are to be entered;
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                (f) rules as to the costs of and incidental to any proceedings in the
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        Court and as to the fees to be charged in respect of proceedings therein;
                (g) rules as to the granting of bail;
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                (h) rules as to stay of proceedings;
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                (i) rules providing for the summary determination of any appeal
        which appears to the Court to be frivolous or vexatious or brought for
        the purpose of delay;
                (j) rules as to the procedure for inquiries referred to in
        clause (1) of article 317.
        (2) Subject to the 3[provisions of 4*** clause (3)], rules made under this
article may fix the minimum number of Judges who are to sit for any purpose,
and may provide for the powers of single Judges and Division Courts.
        (3) 5[4***The minimum number] of Judges who are to sit for the purpose
of deciding any case involving a substantial question of law as to the
interpretation of this Constitution or for the purpose of hearing any reference
under article 143 shall be five:


1. Ins. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 26 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
2. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977, s. 6, for "articles 131A
   and 139A" (w.e.f. 13-4-1978).
3. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 26, for "provisions
   of clause (3)" (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
4. Certain words omitted by the Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977, s. 6
   (w.e.f. 13-4-1978).
5. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 26, for "The
   minimum number" (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

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