The Union government has assigned benches to 21 of the 24-newly appointed judicial and technical members of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), weeks after calls to fast-track the assignment-process were made by the NCLT Bar Association. The Supreme Court too had in a November 2024 ruling expressed disappointment regarding the large vacancies in the NCLT.
The Centre in January had appointed 24 new members to 11 NCLT Benches across the country to fill the vacant positions. There are in total 16 NCLT benches in India, with a sanctioned strength of 63 members (both judicial and technical combined).
Sources say the delay in assigning the benches was mainly because the induction programme was not concluded. The programme is…
