The Information Technology Act, 2000 has empowered the Central Government to establish one or more Cyber Regulations Appellate Tribunal. The Act requires that a Cyber Appellate Tribunal shall consist of one person only to be referred as the Presiding Officer of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal who is to be appointed, by notification, by the Central Government. The Presiding Officer of a Cyber Appellate Tribunal shall hold office for a term of five years. Subject to certain provisions, any person aggrieved by an order made by controller or an adjudicating officer under this Act may prefer an appeal to a Cyber Appellate Tribunal having jurisdiction in the matter. The Cyber Appellate Tribunal shall not be bound by the procedure laid down by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and, subject to the other provisions of this Act and of any rules, the Cyber Appellate Tribunal shall have powers to regulate its own procedure including the place at which it shall have its sittings. Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal may file an appeal to the High Court within sixty days from the date of communication of the decision or order of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal to him on any question of fact or law arising out of such order.
