Appeal rights under the Land Acquisition Act must be expressly conferred; no further appeal arose beyond the High Court stage.

The right of appeal is not inherent and must be created by express statutory provision. Under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the statute provided only a limited appeal from the Court to the High Court, while section 53 merely applied the Code of Civil Procedure to proceedings before the Court and did not create a further appellate remedy. Section 54 regulated appeals to the High Court but did not extend beyond that stage or imply an appeal to the Privy Council. No further appeal was therefore maintainable under the Act.

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Issues: Whether a further appeal lay from the award of the High Court under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

Analysis: The right of appeal is not inherent and must be conferred by express statutory provision. The Land Acquisition Act, 1894 gave only a special and limited appeal from the award of the Court to the High Court. Section 53 applied the Code of Civil Procedure only to proceedings before the Court and did not create any right of further appeal. Section 54 regulated appeals to the High Court and did not extend beyond that stage or imply a further appellate remedy to the Privy Council.

Conclusion: No further appeal lay, and the appeal was incompetent.

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