Supreme Court of India

Madras Bar Association v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [2020] 2 S.C.R. 246
Bench L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 27 November 2020

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the members of Indian Legal Se rvice shall be entitled to be considered for appointment as a judicial member subject to their fulfilling the other criteria which advocates are subjected to.

Judgment, page 41

From the headnote

Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal and other Authorities [Qualification, Experience and other conditions of service of Members] Rules, 2020 – National Tribunals Commissio n – Constitution of – Held: The Union of India directed to constitut e a National Tribunals Commission which shall act as an independ ent body to supervise the appointments and functioning o f Tribunals, as well as to conduct disciplinary proceedings against members of Tribunals and to take care of administrative and in frastructural needs of the Tribunals, in an appropriate manner – Till the N ational Tribunals Commission is

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