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Securities Appellate Tribunal to restore physical hearing in phased manner

The tribunal is closed till May 15 in view of the nationwide lockdown announced by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus

Judiciary plays hardball in making of tribunals as legal experts differ

Experts feel ideal solution is having a tribunal commission, with no side reigning supreme

Rationing the appellate tribunals

Merging tribunals may lead to administrative convenience, but pendency of cases is likely to rise

Govt to scrap 8 appellate tribunals; NCLAT to take over COMPAT's duties

Seventeen Acts to be amended through Finance Bill

Appellate tribunals on mission makeover

The government has a plan to merge appellate regulators, rather than do away with these. The broad categories under which non-financial appellate regulators will be clubbed include sectors like infrastructure and company-related matters. A senior official said there were issues like non-functional appellate tribunals, less work for some and high numbers of regulatory levels. "This is particularly problematic on the tax side, where there are hosts of tribunals. We do not plan to touch the financial sector regulators but sectoral regulators need some restructuring and clubbed wherever there is synergy," said the official.Options being considered include a sectoral appellate regulator for infrastructure. Currently, the electricity sector has state-level regulatory commissions; at the apex is the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission. Appeals against CERC order go to the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, also appellate regulator for the downstream petroleum sector. The Petroleum ...