46. (1) The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction with such exceptions and subject to such regulations as the Federal Legislature may prescribe, to hear and determine appeals from all judgments, decrees, orders and sentences,
(a) of any Justice or justices exercising the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court;
(b) of a High Court if the High Court certifs that the case involves a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of this Constitution or any Order in Council made thereunder, and it shall be the duty of every High Court to consider in every case whether or not any such question is involved and of its own motion to give or to withhold a certificate accordingly.
(2) The Federal Legislature may by Act provide that in such civil cases as may be specified in the Act an appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court from a judgment, order or final decree of a High Court of a Province without any such certificate as aforesaid, but no appeal shall lie under any such Act unless the amount or value of the subject-matter of the dispute in the Court of first instance and still in dispute on appeal was and is not less than one lac of rupees, or the judgment, decree or final order involves directly or indirectly some claim or question respecting property of the like amount or value, or the Supreme Court gives special leave to appeal.