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Lok Sabha passes Bill setting up National Tribunals Commission
The Lok Sabha passed the National Tribunals Commission Bill by voice vote on Thursday amid opposition protests, NDTV reports. The Bill creates a Commission to oversee appointments, discipline and removal of members…
The Story in Brief
The Lok Sabha passed the National Tribunals Commission Bill by voice vote on Thursday amid opposition protests, NDTV reports. The Bill creates a Commission to oversee appointments, discipline and removal of members for 16 tribunals, including the NCLAT, SAT, ITAT, NGT, CAT and others.
Headquartered in Delhi, the Commission will have a chairperson (former Supreme Court judge or High Court chief justice), two judicial members (former High Court judges) and two technical members (at least 25 years of experience). The Central government appoints them after consulting the Chief Justice of India for judicial posts. The estimated annual expenditure is Rs 27.14 crore.
The Indian Opinion
The opposition’s walkout and protests are predictable, but the real test lies in how the Commission works. Mandatory consultation with the Chief Justice of India for judicial appointments is a welcome safeguard, but the government retains the final say. The competing narratives of ‘executive overreach’ versus ‘needed reform’ miss the point: will the selection committees function independently, or will the voting majority of government-nominated members reduce the CJI’s role to a formality? The first few appointments will settle this.
Sources (2): barandbench.com, ndtv.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
