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- The Union government told the Supreme Court that a new Tribunal Reforms Bill, governing the tenure and service conditions of tribunal chairpersons and members, is in its final stages and likely to be introduced during the ongoing Monsoon Session.
- This follows the Supreme Court's November 2025 ruling striking down key provisions of the Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021, including the four-year member tenure and minimum entry age of 50, as an impermissible legislative override.
- The court is hearing petitions on the functioning of central tribunals and the continuation of members whose tenures are expiring, and had earlier extended members' tenures until September 8, 2026 to keep tribunals running.
- The new law matters because the court has also directed the government to set up a National Tribunals Commission, and interim appointment and tenure rules from earlier Madras Bar Association cases will apply until a fresh, constitutionally compliant law is enacted.
What to watch next
- Whether the new Tribunal Reforms Bill is actually tabled during the Monsoon Session, given the bench noted it was absent from the notified legislative agenda
- How the bill addresses the provisions struck down in November 2025, including tenure, entry age and the appointment process
- Progress on the court-directed National Tribunals Commission and continued monitoring of tribunal functioning
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Named India · Attorney General R Venkataramani · CAT Bar Association · Chief Justice of India Surya Kant · Justice Joymalya Bagchi · Justice Vipul M Pancholi · Parliament of India · Revenue Bar Association · Supreme Court of India · Union Government of India
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