law: Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 
  32. Adjudication
  
  procedure and powers of Commission. – 
  1.     
  
    The
  
  Commission shall have original jurisdiction to adjudicate upon every
  
  application for compensation filed before it under sub-section (1) of section
  
  31 or transferred to it under section 33, as the case may be.
  2.     
  
    Upon
  
  transfer of cases to the Commission under section 33, the Commission shall hear
  
  such applications from the stage at which it was before such transfer.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  Chairperson may constitute benches comprising of not more than three Members of
  
  the Commission for the purpose of hearing of claims and any decision thereon
  
  shall be rendered by a majority of the Members hearing such claims.
  4.     
  
    The
  
  Commission shall not be bound by the procedure laid down in the Code of Civil
  
  Procedure, 1908 but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and
  
  subject to the other provisions of this Act and of any rules made there under,
  
  the Commission shall have the power to regulate its own procedure including the
  
  places and the times at which it shall have its sittings.
  5.     
  
    The
  
  Commission shall have, for the purposes of discharging its functions under this
  
  Act, the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil
  
  Procedure, 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.    
  
    the
  
  discovery and production of documents;
  c.     
  
    receiving
  
  evidence on affidavits;
  d.    
  
    requisitioning
  
  any public record or copies thereof from any court or office;
  e.     
  
    issuing
  
  of commission for the examination of any witness;
  f.     
  
    any
  
  other matter which may be prescribed.
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  6.     
  
    The
  
  Commission shall, after giving notice of application to the operator and after
  
  affording an opportunity of being heard to the parties, dispose of such
  
  application within a period of three months from the date of such receipt and
  
  make an award accordingly.
  7.     
  
    While
  
  making an award under this section, the Commission shall not take into
  
  consideration any benefit, reimbursement or amount received by the applicant in
  
  pursuance of any contract of insurance or otherwise.
  8.     
  
    Where
  
  an operator is likely to remove or dispose of his property with the object of
  
  evading payment by him of the amount of the award, the Commission may, in
  
  accordance with the provisions of rules 1 to 4 of Order XXXIX of the First
  
  Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, grant a temporary injunction to
  
  restrain such act.
  9.     
  
    The
  
  Commission shall arrange to deliver copies of the award to the parties
  
  concerned within a period of fifteen days from the date of such award.
  10.  
  
    Every
  
  award made under sub-section (6) shall be final.