Supreme Court allows appeal against second instance dismissal of appeal due to unpaid fee, ruling it not a substantive review.

The Supreme Court allowed the appellant's appeal against the District Court's dismissal of their appeal on grounds of an unpaid fee. The appellant argued that the District Court improperly rejected the appeal without reviewing the merits, citing procedural violations. The Court held that a dismissal based solely on formal defects like non-payment does not constitute a substantive review of the lower court's decision under the relevant civil procedure code. Consequently, the appeal was permitted to proceed to a full review of the case's legal and factual basis.