Centre Clears Appointments To Tribunals After Supreme Court's Ultimatum

The Supreme Court had earlier expressed dissatisfaction over the way the Centre had not appointed the Tribunal members and slammed it.

Five days after the Supreme Court expressed its displeasure over the way the Centre had enacted the Tribunals Reforms Act, by reducing the terms of members and chairmen of Tribunals on Saturday, the Cemtre cleared the appointment of the judicial and technical members to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). The Supreme Court had, on September 6, expressed dissatisfaction over the way the Centre has not appointed the Tribunal members and slammed it. "You (the Central government) are testing the patience of Court; no respect for our judgments," a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana and comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and DY Chandrachud, had rapped the Centre over Tribunals Reforms Act and not appointing members and chairmen in tribunals. The Centre on Saturday cleared the appointment of judicial and technical members to the NCLT and the ITAT.