Supreme Court Seeks Faster Appointments to Debt Tribunals
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The Supreme Court has directed the government to expedite the appointment of chairpersons to vacant Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals.
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- The Supreme Court has ordered the selection committee to fill vacancies for chairpersons at the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals in Allahabad and Kolkata within four weeks.
- The court emphasized that these roles should not remain vacant to ensure continued access to justice.
- The Attorney General confirmed that the selection process for these posts and vacancies within the Armed Forces Tribunal has already begun.
- Timely appointments aim to prevent operational issues in the tribunals caused by personnel shortages.
What to watch next
- Completion of selection process for DRAT Allahabad and Kolkata chairpersons within four weeks.
- Progress on filling the 11 vacancies at the Armed Forces Tribunal.
- Further updates on the 90 total vacancies identified across various tribunals.
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R. Venkataramani
Attorney General
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“We can't keep extending beyond the age of 70”
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…extension of tenure cannot be granted beyond the age of 70 years and moreover, the appointment process for the two vacant posts at the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals at Allahabad and Kolkata has been set in motion. " We can't keep extending beyond the age of 70 ," the attorney general said, adding that additional charge could be assigned to existing chairpersons of other tribunals until regular appointments were made. "The posts of Chairperson of DRAT Allahabad and DRAT…
“The process has been started. The committee has been constituted”
In the article
…same within four weeks," the top court said. The apex court was hearing a batch of petitions concerning vacancies and the functioning of various tribunals. The CJI asked whether the selection process had commenced. " The process has been started. The committee has been constituted ," the attorney general replied. The bench also considered the issue of vacancies in the Armed Forces Tribunal, including at its Lucknow Bench. On the AFT, the attorney general said there were 11 vacancies and that the…
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NamedIndia · Allahabad · Armed Forces Tribunal · Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal · Kolkata · Lucknow · Joymalya Bagchi · R Venkataramani · Supreme Court of India · Surya Kant · V Mohana
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