Lok Sabha Passed Tribunals Reforms Bill 2021

The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021 passed in Lok Sabha that seeks to replace the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021

Uniform terms and conditions of service for Chairperson and Members of various tribunals, including the following, namely:

• Search-cum-Selection Committee for tribunals other than State Administrative Tribunals to be headed by the Chief Justice of India or a Judge nominated by him;
• Search-cum-Selection Committee for the State Administrative Tribunal to be headed by the Chief Justice of the High Court of the concerned State;
• age of retirement to be seventy years for Chairperson and sixty-seven years for a Member;
• the Chairperson and Member of a Tribunal shall be eligible for reappointment.

Abolition of tribunals or authorities under various Acts by amending

• the Cinematograph Act, 1952,
• the Copyrights, Act, 1957,
• the Customs Act, 1962,
• the Patents Act, 1970,
• the Airport Authority of India Act, 1994,
• the Trade Marks Act, 1999,
• the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999,
• the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001,
• the Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002;

Transfer of all cases pending before such tribunals or authorities to the Commercial Court or the High Court, as the case may be, on the appointed date.