Centre cherry-picking tribunal members: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday criticised the Union government for “cherry-picking” its recommendations while filing up vacancies in tribunals, reported Live Law.

Tribunals are quasi-judicial bodies that settle administrative and tax-related disputes. There are reportedly over 200 vacant posts across 15 tribunals in India.

A bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Justices DY Chandrachud and L Nageswara Rao said they were not happy with the way the government was making the appointments to the National Company Law Tribunal and the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal.