law: Company Secretaries Act, 1980
  30. Appeal 
  
  
  (1) Any member of the Institute aggrieved by any order of the Council imposing
  
  on him any of the penalties referred to in clause (a) or clause (b) of
  
  sub-section (4) of section 21, may, within thirty days of the date on which the
  
  order is communicated to him, prefer an appeal to the High Court :
  Provided that the High Court may entertain any
  
  such appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days, if it is
  
  satisfied that the member was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the
  
  appeal in time.
  (2) The High Court may, on its own motion or
  
  otherwise, after calling for the records of any case, revise any order made by
  
  the Council under sub-section (2) or sub-section (4) of section 21 and may -
  (a) confirm, modify or
  
  set aside the order;
  (b) impose any penalty
  
  or set aside, reduce, confirm or enhance the penalty imposed by the order;
  (c) remit case to the
  
  Council for such further enquiry as the High Court considers proper in the
  
  circumstances of the case;
  (d) pass such other
  
  order as the High Court thinks fit :
  Provided that no order of the Council shall be
  
  modified or set aside unless the Council has been given an opportunity of being
  
  heard and no order imposing or enhancing a penalty shall be passed unless the
  
  person concerned has been given an opportunity of being heard.
  Explanation: In this section
  
  "High Court" and "member of the Institute" have the same
  
  meanings as in section 21.