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Lok Sabha passes Bill to set up National Tribunals Commission
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the National Tribunals Commission Bill, creating a single body to oversee appointments and discipline across 16 tribunals including the NCLAT, SAT, ITAT, NGT, and Central Administrative…
The Story in Brief
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the National Tribunals Commission Bill, creating a single body to oversee appointments and discipline across 16 tribunals including the NCLAT, SAT, ITAT, NGT, and Central Administrative Tribunal. The Commission, to be headquartered in Delhi, will have a chairperson (a former Supreme Court judge or High Court chief justice), two judicial members, and two technical members with at least 25 years’ experience in relevant fields. The central government will appoint them after consulting the Chief Justice of India for judicial members. The Commission will set up search-cum-selection committees to recommend one candidate per vacancy, with a waiting list. The government must process the recommendation within three months. The estimated annual cost is Rs 27.14 crore. The Bill follows Supreme Court directions for an independent selection body.
The Indian Opinion
The Bill promises a cleaner, faster appointments system for tribunals, but the fine print shows the government still holds the final say, the Commission can only recommend candidates, and subject experts have no vote on selection panels. The claim of independence will be tested not by the chairperson’s pedigree but by whether vacancy backlogs shrink and tribunals stop being waiting rooms for retiring government officials. When the first real appointment hits a delay, watch who blinks: the CJI or the Centre.
Source: barandbench.com
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