The Supreme Court of India today questions the union and strongly said dont take tribunal appointments lightly

The Pinnacle court today raps the central government of India for not taking the issue of tribunal appointments seriously and it also mentioned that to take proper steps for the appointments in various tribunals and said the bureaucracy is taking this issue very lightly.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana and comprising justices A S Boppana and Hima Kohli now dealing with this matter found that a high number of vacancies in so many tribunals are vacant without proper appointments.

The Bench said that “Some knee-jerk appointments took place and nothing after that. We don’t know the fate of members and many are retiring. The bureaucracy is taking it lightly”.

The Apex Court, at present looking at the matters petitions challenging the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021, the court earlier interrogated the union regarding the huge time delay in appointments to  different tribunals across the nation

Sources of statistics says by August last year,  there were 250 posts lying empty without appointments in the number of important tribunals and the appellate tribunals all over the nation.

Meanwhile the AG of India tried to explain this matter to the court by showing up the vacancies and in between the told it may send the orders after looking at this matter.

Finally the bench today strongly expressed unhappiness over the delay in tribunal appointments and said it will definitely take this matter very seriously.

The court today further said that it will hear this matter after two weeks from today.