Recommendations of Supreme Court about Tribunals

The Government has informed the Rajya Sabha that it is seized of the matter arising out of the judgement of the Supreme Court delivered on 11.05.2010 in the Civil Appeal No. 3067 of 2004 (Union of India Vs. R. Gandhi ) wherein the Court has affirmed its observations made in L. Chandra Kumar’s case (1977) 3 SCC 61 that uniformity in administration of tribunals may be brought in and there is a need of a nodal authority to oversee the functioning of tribunals and authorities set up by the Central Government. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice said that consultations have been made with various Departments and Ministries presently administering the tribunals/authorities.