Period of appeal is increased in Hindu marriage act, 1955

 The Hindu Marriage Act,1955

28. Enforcement of, and appeal from, decrees and orders.-

¹[28. Appeals from decrees and orders. —(1) All decrees made by the court in any proceeding under this Act shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), be appealable as decrees of the court made in the exercise of its original civil jurisdiction, and every such appeal shall lie to the court to which appeals ordinarily lie from the decisions of the court given in exercise of its original civil jurisdiction.

(2) Orders made by the court in any proceeding under this Act under section 25 or section 26 shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), be appealable if they are not interim orders, and every such appeal shall lie to the court to which appeals ordinarily lie from the decisions of the court given in exercise of its original civil jurisdiction.

(3) There shall be no appeal under this section on the subject of costs only.

(4) Every appeal under this section shall be preferred within a ²[period of ninety days] from the date of the decree or order.]

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1. Subs. by Act 68 of 1976, sec. 19, for section 28 (w.e.f. 27-5-1976).

2. Subs. by Act 50 of 2003, sec. 5, for “period of thirty days” (w.e.f. 23-12-2003

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