law: Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007 
  Chapter III -
  
  Jurisdiction, Powers and Authority of the Tribunal
  14. Jurisdiction,
  
  powers and authority in service matters
  1.  
  
    Save
  
  as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the Tribunal shall exercise, on
  
  and from the appointed day, all the jurisdiction, powers and authority,
  
  exercisable immediately before that day by all courts (except the Supreme Court
  
  or a High Court exercising jurisdiction under articles 226 and 227 of the
  
  Constitution) in relation to all service matters.
  2.  
  
    Subject
  
  to the other provisions of this Act, a person aggrieved by an order pertaining
  
  to any service matter may make an application to the Tribunal in such form and
  
  accompanied by such documents or other evidence and on payment of such fee as
  
  may be prescribed.
  3.  
  
    On
  
  receipt of an application relating to service matters, the Tribunal shall, if
  
  satisfied after due inquiry, as it may deem necessary, that it is fit for
  
  adjudication by it, admit such application; but where the Tribunal is not so
  
  satisfied, it may dismiss the application after recording its reasons in
  
  writing.
  4.  
  
    For
  
  the purpose of adjudicating an application, the Tribunal shall have 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, (1 of
  
  1872) requisitioning any public record or document or copy of such record or
  
  document from any office;
  e.   issuing commissions
  
  for the examination of witnesses or documents;
  f.   reviewing its
  
  decisions;
  g.   dismissing an
  
  application for default or deciding it exparte;
  h.   setting aside any
  
  order of dismissal of any application for default or any order passed by it
  
  exparte; and
  i.   any other matter
  
  which may be prescribed by the Central Government.
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  Tribunal shall decide both questions of law and facts that may be raised before
  
  it.