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Tribunal chairpersons to get Rs 2.5 lakh monthly pay
The Hindu··3 Oct
The Union government published rules on September 30 setting pay for National Tribunals Commission posts across 16 tribunals. Chairpersons get Rs 2.5 lakh monthly and members Rs 2.25 lakh. Vacancy filling is to start six months early. Selection committees use expert evaluation and interviews. The commission follows August's Tribunals Reforms Bill after a Supreme Court direction.
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What It Means For You
- Published pay scales and six-month advance vacancy timelines set clearer expectations for lawyers considering tribunal appointments and for litigants tracking open benches.
- Published pay scales and six-month advance vacancy timelines set clearer expectations for lawyers considering tribunal appointments and for litigants tracking open benches.
- Published pay scales and six-month advance vacancy timelines set clearer expectations for lawyers considering tribunal appointments and for litigants tracking open benches.
What's Happening
- The Delhi-based commission will have a chairperson and four members, two judicial and two technical.
- A retired Supreme Court judge or retired high court chief justice may head the panel.
- The Supreme Court had struck down parts of the 2021 Tribunals Reforms Act on separation-of-powers grounds.
Misconduct inquiry mechanism
- The rules also standardise recruitment, eligibility, misconduct inquiries, service conditions and remuneration across covered tribunals and appellate bodies.
- The rules also standardise recruitment, eligibility, misconduct inquiries, service conditions and remuneration across covered tribunals and appellate bodies.
- The rules also standardise recruitment, eligibility, misconduct inquiries, service conditions and remuneration across covered tribunals and appellate bodies.
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