law: Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 
  61.  Powers of Authority and procedure before it.
  1.     
  
    The
  
  Authority shall, for the purposes of its functions under this Act, shall have
  
  the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil
  
  Procedure, 1908 in respect of the following matters, namely:-
  a.      summoning and
  
  enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;
  b.     discovery and
  
  production of any document or other material object producible as evidence;
  c.      receiving evidence on
  
  affidavits;
  d.     requisitioning of any
  
  public record;
  e.      issuing commission
  
  for the examination of witnesses;
  f.      reviewing its
  
  decisions, directions and orders;
  g.     any other matter
  
  which may be prescribed.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
    The
  
  Authority shall have original jurisdiction to adjudicate upon every reference
  
  made to it under section 65.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  Authority 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 thereunder,
  
  the Authority shall have the power to regulate its own procedure.
  4.     
  
    The
  
  Authority shall, after receiving reference under section 65 and after giving
  
  notice of such reference to all the parties concerned and after affording
  
  opportunity of hearing to all parties, dispose of such reference within a
  
  period of six months from the date of receipt of such reference and make an
  
  award accordingly.
  5.     
  
    The
  
  Authority shall arrange to deliver copies of the award to the parties concerned
  
  within a period of fifteen days from the date of such award.