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TMI Blog2021 (3) TMI 309X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ION OF INDIA ANR. [ 2020 (12) TMI 3 - SUPREME COURT ]. Clearly, the judgment covers the issues which have been raised by the Petitioner, including in respect of appointments to Tribunals, enquiries against members, monitoring of the functioning and the filling up of vacancies in Tribunals, as well as assessment of the workload and providing all adequate infrastructure. Directions have been issued for setting up of the `National Tribunals Commission and, in the interregnum, for the setting up of a separate `tribunals wing in the Ministry of Finance. Thus, the reliefs sought herein are completely covered by the said judgment - Considering that it has been more than three months since the judgement has been rendered, it only needs to be emphas ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... as also provided for the setting up of a separate `Tribunals wing' in the Ministry of Finance. Ld. counsel submits that the said directions having already been passed in respect of all tribunals, with specific reference to the NCLT and NCLAT, the judgment covers the issues raised by the Petitioner. 5. The reliefs sought for in this Petition are as under: "(a) issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order or direction in the nature of Writ directing the 1st and 2nd Respondents to forthwith assess the requirement of the number of tribunals of the 2nd Respondent based on analysis of the relevant variables including the case filing load and the planned disposal times and the estimated hearing times required (b) issue a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... th approval in the judgment of this Court in Union of India v. Madras Bar Association (2010) (supra). According to the learned Amicus Curiae, the administrative support is provided by a Department of the Government of India, the Secretary of which is a Member of the Search-cum-Selection Committee. He cited the judgment of this Court in L. Chandra Kumar (supra) to argue that there should be a wholly independent agency for the administration of all the Tribunals. The learned Amicus Curiae also brought to our notice a statement made by Mr. Arun Jaitley, the then Minister of Law and Justice on the floor of the Parliament on 02.08.2001 that there was a proposal to set up a Central Tribunals Division. According to the learned Amicus Curiae, setti ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ibunals can be achieved only when the Tribunals are provided the necessary infrastructure and other facilities without having to lean on the shoulders of the executive. This can be achieved by establishment of an independent National Tribunals Commission as suggested above. To stop the dependence of the Tribunals on their parent Departments for routing their requirements and to ensure speedy administrative decision making, as an interregnum measure, we direct that there should be a separate "tribunals wing" established in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India to take up, deal with and finalize requirements of all the Tribunals till the National Tribunals Commission is established." 7. Directions have been issued for setting up of th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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