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Abolish consumer fora if you don't want to fill vacancies: SC to govt

The Supreme Court on Friday slammed the government over the delay in appointment of presidents and members in consumer fora

Supreme court criticises Centre for 'cherry picking' names for Tribunals

The Supreme court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre over the recent appointments in some tribunals, saying it was "cherry-picking" candidates from the recommended list and that there was "no consistency" in the selection process. "We are very much unhappy with the way the issues are going on and how the decisions are taken, the court observed, calling the situation "unfortunate". Observing that making appointments in tribunals is the only solution, the top court asked the Centre to do so in two weeks as the quasi-judicial bodies face a severe crunch of presiding officers as well as judicial and technical members that crippled their functioning. The Centre was also asked to apprise the court of the reasons if persons from the recommended list are not selected. A three-judge special bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana took note of the assurance of Attorney General K K Venugopal that the Centre would make appointments in two weeks to the tribunals from the list of persons ...

SC asks govt to fill vacancies in tribunals, chides it for 'cherry picking'

Court asks Centre to make appointments within two weeks to the tribunals, which are facing severe crunch of presiding officers

'Centre emasculating tribunals by not making appointments,' says SC

There are around 250 posts lying vacant at various key tribunals and appellate tribunals such as NCLT, DRT, TDSAT andT

Bill to abolish 9 tribunals passed, govt says 'fully respect' judiciary

A bill seeking to abolish as many as nine appellate tribunals, including the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal, was approved by Parliament with the Rajya Sabha passing the proposed legislation

SC junks PIL to declare that NCLT cannot act as appellate authority

Supreme Court has declined to entertain a PIL seeking to declare NCLT cannot act as an appellate authority to decisions of the top court and find flaws so as to circumvent the "rule of law" laid down

Best of BS Opinion: Sedition vs dissent, make tribunals first court & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Make tribunals the first court

A draft law to wind up a few tribunals and move their appellate jurisdiction to the high courts is afoot

Karnataka appellate authority sets precedent in reversal of AAR ruling

AAR had disallowed WeWork's ITC claim on detachable partitions; the reversal of its order would set a precedent as to what comes under movable property on whic ITC is allowed

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 ...