सं Samvidhan

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 295

Finality of judgment

Why this exists

Finality is part of the bargain: since the accused voluntarily agreed to the settlement and reduced sentence, ordinary appeals are barred to prevent people from taking the lighter, negotiated punishment and then trying to reopen the case anyway. However, the Constitution's own extraordinary remedies, the Supreme Court's special leave and the High Courts' writ jurisdiction, cannot be taken away by an ordinary law, so those doors remain open for genuinely exceptional situations.