The Supreme Court today reserved its decision in the challenge to the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021.

The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing the Madras Bar Association case concerning the validity of the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021.

The Association has challenged the Act as contrary to the previous judgments of the Supreme Court which held that Tribunal members should have at least 5 years tenure, lawyers with minimum 10 years of experience must be considered eligible etc.

Previously , the bench has posed to the Union the reasons behind shaping of the impugned Act.

Attorney General R Venkataramani, appearing for the Union, had explained that the intention to bring the impugned act was the need for uniformity in the selections processes of tribunals.

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