Ganga Bai vs Vijay Kumar & Ors on 9 April, 1974
In Smt.Ganga Bai's case (referred 1 supra), the
Hon'ble Supreme Court, while dealing with an issue, inter alia,
with regard to basic distinction between the right of suit and
the right of appeal held that "there is an inherent right in every
person to bring a suit of a civil nature and unless the suit is
barred by statute, one may, at one's peril, bring a suit of one's
choice. It is no answer to a suit, howsoever frivolous the claim,
that the law confers no such right to sue. A suit for its
maintainability requires no authority of law and it is enough
that no statute bars the suit. But the position in regard to
appeals is quite the opposite. The right of appeal inheres in no
one and therefore an appeal for its maintainability must have
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the clear authority of Law. That explains why the right of
appeal is described as a creature of statute."