law: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act,1997
  16. Procedure and powers of Appellate Tribunal
  (1) The Appellate Tribunal shall not be bound by the procedure
  
  laid down by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), but shall be guided
  
  by the principles of natural justice and, subject to the other provisions of
  
  this Act, the Appellate Tribunal shall have powers to regulate its own
  
  procedure.
  (2) The Appellate Tribunal shall have, for the purpose of
  
  discharging its functions under this Act, the same powers as are vested in a
  
  civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) while trying a
  
  suit, in respect of the following matters, namely: -
  (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of
  
  any person and examining him on oath;
  (b) requiring the discovery and production of
  
  documents;
  (c) receiving evidence on affidavits;
  (d) subject to the provisions of sections 123
  
  and 124 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, requisitioning any public record or
  
  document or a copy of such record or document, from any office;
  (e) issuing commissions for the examination of
  
  witnesses or documents;
  (f) reviewing ins decisions;
  (g) dismissing an application for default or
  
  deciding it, ex parte;
  (h) setting aside any order of dismissal of
  
  any application for default or any order passed by it, ex parte; and
  (i) any other matter which may be prescribed.
  (3) Every proceeding before the Appellate Tribunal shall be
  
  deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228,
  
  and for the purposes of section 196, of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) and
  
  the Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes of
  
  section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of
  
  1974).