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Tribunals Reforms Act 2026 gets President nod, new oversight body
President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2026, which creates a National Tribunals Commission to oversee 16 tribunals including the Central Administrative Tribunal, National Green Tribunal and NCLAT.…
The Story in Brief
President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2026, which creates a National Tribunals Commission to oversee 16 tribunals including the Central Administrative Tribunal, National Green Tribunal and NCLAT. The NTC, headed by a former Supreme Court judge or High Court chief justice, will handle selections, performance reviews, complaints and a National Tribunals Data Grid. Search-cum-selection committees chaired by the NTC head will recommend one candidate per vacancy, with the government required to appoint within three months. The Act replaces the 2021 law and protects existing appointments.
The Indian Opinion
The National Tribunals Commission finally breaks the executive's monopoly on tribunal appointments, but the Act keeps the Centre's grip on actual appointments by letting it reject a search panel's single candidate. Judicial independence needs more than a casting vote for the NTC chair; a veto-proof mechanism would have been cleaner. Watch for the first selection where the government sits on a recommendation beyond the three-month deadline.
Source: barandbench.com
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