Appeals Must Be Decided on Merits Without Mandatory Deposits Unless Explicitly Required by Law.

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....Right to file the appeal and have the said appeal decided on merits, if it is filed within the period of limitation, is conferred by the statute and that cannot be taken away by imposing the condition of deposit of an amount leading to dismissal of the main appeal itself if the said condition is not satisfied - Position would have been different if the provision of appeal itself contained a condition of pre-deposit of certain amount. That is not so. - SC....